title: EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VIDEOARTHROSCOPY LEARNING PROCESS IN SYNTHETIC SHOULDER MODELS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors evaluate the learning of the videoarthroscopic technique, using the video surgery simulator SAM® (Shoulder Arthroscopy Model).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty medical residents in Orthepaedics, without prior knowledge of the arthroscopic technique, were evaluated before and after training. The tasks consisted of positioning, in holes that simulated portals, four surgical threads attached to an anchor placed in the anatomical neck of the humerus in the synthetic model. Time, number of movements, number of attempts, amount of errors and comparison between the two phases of training before and after - were observed and noted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data was submitted to statistical analysis, and a significant difference was found in the comparison of the variables before and after the training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The result of this study enables us to conclude that training in the videoarthroscopic technique using the video surgery simulator SAM enables the surgeon to execute essential tasks involved in these techniques, in less time, making less mistakes, and developing the ability to deal better with the videoarthrocopic image.
authors.affiliation: Master's Degree in Orthopedics and Traumatology from FCMSCSP, Specialist Orthopedist in Shoulder and Elbow at the Hospital Moinhos de Vento - Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabio Farina
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Dal Molin
authors.affiliation: Specialist Ortopedist in Shoulder and Elbow at the Hospital Moinhos de Vento and Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Carlos
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Mothes
authors.affiliation: Master's Degree in Sciences of Human Movement from UFRGS, Specialist Orthopedist in Shoulder and Elbow at the Hospital Moinhos de Vento - Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marta Goldman
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Feder
keywords: Shoulder; Training; Video-Assisted Surgery