Practice Makes Perfect: Correlations Between Prior Experience in High-level Athletics and Robotic Surgical Performance Do Not Persist After Task Repetition
Shee K, Ghali F, Hyams E. Practice Makes Perfect: Correlations Between Prior Experience in High-level Athletics and Robotic Surgical Performance Do Not Persist After Task Repetition. Journal Of Surgical Education 2017, 74: 630-637. PMID: 28087244, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-level athleticsDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterSkills SimulatorDa Vinci Surgical Skills SimulatorDa Vinci Skills SimulatorSignificant correlationAthletic skill levelMedical CenterGeneral demographic informationInstrument collisionsPilot studyMedical studentsSurgical proficiencyRobotic surgeonsSurgical disciplinesEconomy of motionDemographic informationPreclinical medical studentsSurgical skill developmentTask 1SurgerySurgical performanceTask 2Overall scoreFurther investigation