Samer G Zammar1, Najib E El Tecle1, Tarek Y El Ahmadieh1, P David Adelson2, Erol Veznedaroglu3, Daniel L Surdell4, James S Harrop5, Vladimir Benes6, Ali R Rezai7, Daniel K Resnick8, Bernard R Bendok9. 1. Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. 2. Division of Neurological Surgery/Children's Neuroscience, Department of Child Health, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona. 3. Department of Neurological Surgery, Capital Health Institute for Neurosciences, Trenton, New Jersey. 4. Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. 5. Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 6. Department of Neurological Surgery, Central Military Hospital and Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 7. Department of Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 8. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Clinical Science Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 9. Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: bendok.bernard@mayo.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess microsurgical and diagnostic cerebral angiography modules and their corresponding objective assessment scales as educational tools for European neurosurgical residents at the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Resident Vascular Neurosurgery course, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 2013. Microsurgical skills and cerebral angiography are fundamental skills in vascular neurosurgery. There is a need to develop a simulation-based curriculum focusing on these skills for neurosurgical trainees worldwide. METHODS: The course consisted of 2 modules: microanastomosis and diagnostic cerebral angiography. In addition to an initial screening survey, each module was divided into 3 components: 1) a before didactic cognitive knowledge and technical skills testing, 2) a didactic lecture, and 3) an after didactic cognitive knowledge and technical skills testing. We compared the trainees' cognitive and technical scores from the before and after testing phases. Wilcoxon sum rank test was used to test statistical significance. RESULTS: The knowledge test median scores increased from 63% and 68% to 80% and 88% (P < 0.01) on the microanastomosis and cerebral angiography modules, respectively. The practical hands-on simulation assessment median scores increased from 42% and 50% to 50.5% and 68% (P < 0.01) on the microanastomosis and cerebral angiography modules, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our course suggests that a simulation-based vascular neurosurgery curriculum is feasible and may enhance resident knowledge and technical proficiency.
OBJECTIVE: To assess microsurgical and diagnostic cerebral angiography modules and their corresponding objective assessment scales as educational tools for European neurosurgical residents at the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Resident Vascular Neurosurgery course, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 2013. Microsurgical skills and cerebral angiography are fundamental skills in vascular neurosurgery. There is a need to develop a simulation-based curriculum focusing on these skills for neurosurgical trainees worldwide. METHODS: The course consisted of 2 modules: microanastomosis and diagnostic cerebral angiography. In addition to an initial screening survey, each module was divided into 3 components: 1) a before didactic cognitive knowledge and technical skills testing, 2) a didactic lecture, and 3) an after didactic cognitive knowledge and technical skills testing. We compared the trainees' cognitive and technical scores from the before and after testing phases. Wilcoxon sum rank test was used to test statistical significance. RESULTS: The knowledge test median scores increased from 63% and 68% to 80% and 88% (P < 0.01) on the microanastomosis and cerebral angiography modules, respectively. The practical hands-on simulation assessment median scores increased from 42% and 50% to 50.5% and 68% (P < 0.01) on the microanastomosis and cerebral angiography modules, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our course suggests that a simulation-based vascular neurosurgery curriculum is feasible and may enhance resident knowledge and technical proficiency.
Authors: Andrew R Pines; Mohammed S Alghoul; Youssef J Hamade; Mithun G Sattur; Rami James N Aoun; Tariq K Halasa; Chandan Krishna; Samer G Zammar; Najib E El Tecle; Tarek Y El Ahmadieh; Salah G Aoun; Richard W Byrne; James S Harrop; Brian T Ragel; Daniel K Resnick; Russell R Lonser; Nathan R Selden; Bernard R Bendok Journal: Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) Date: 2017-02-01 Impact factor: 2.703