Mercè Durban1, Désireé García2, Albert Obradors1, Valerie Vernaeve1, Rita Vassena3. 1. Clinica EUGIN, Travessera de les Corts 322, 08029, Barcelona, Spain. 2. Fundació EUGIN, Travessera de les Corts 314, 08029, Barcelona, Spain. 3. Clinica EUGIN, Travessera de les Corts 322, 08029, Barcelona, Spain. rvassena@eugin.es.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The objective of this prospective, single center study was to develop a personalized training scheme for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) through the use of learning curve-cumulative summation (LC-CUSUM), which allows to tailor training to the trainee performance, and to validate it against the performance of experienced embryologists. METHODS: Five trainees microinjected latex microspheres (LM) into vitro matured oocytes. A microinjection was considered successful when the oocyte did not lyse in the 24 h following the injection. RESULTS: Each trainee became proficient at ICSI after a variable number of injections, ranging from 35 to 80. Trainees that achieved proficiency went on to perform ICSI with human gametes in a clinical setting with proficiency comparable to that of experienced embryologists. CONCLUSIONS: We show that LC-CUSUM based personalized ICSI training is feasible and allows trainees to be as proficient as trained embryologists when treating actual patients.
PURPOSE: The objective of this prospective, single center study was to develop a personalized training scheme for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) through the use of learning curve-cumulative summation (LC-CUSUM), which allows to tailor training to the trainee performance, and to validate it against the performance of experienced embryologists. METHODS: Five trainees microinjected latex microspheres (LM) into vitro matured oocytes. A microinjection was considered successful when the oocyte did not lyse in the 24 h following the injection. RESULTS: Each trainee became proficient at ICSI after a variable number of injections, ranging from 35 to 80. Trainees that achieved proficiency went on to perform ICSI with human gametes in a clinical setting with proficiency comparable to that of experienced embryologists. CONCLUSIONS: We show that LC-CUSUM based personalized ICSI training is feasible and allows trainees to be as proficient as trained embryologists when treating actual patients.
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Keywords:
ICSI; LC-CUSUM; Learning curve; Training
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