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Face and construct validation of a virtual peg transfer simulator

  • Venkata S. Arikatla
  • , Ganesh Sankaranarayanan
  • , Woojin Ahn
  • , Amine Chellali
  • , Suvranu De
  • , G. L. Caroline
  • , John Hwabejire
  • , Marc Demoya
  • , Steven Schwaitzberg
  • , Daniel B. Jones

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Abstract

Background: The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) trainer box is now established as a standard for evaluating minimally invasive surgical skills. A particularly simple task in this trainer box is the peg transfer task which is aimed at testing the surgeon's bimanual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, speed, and precision. The Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1721-1729
Number of pages9
JournalSurgical Endoscopy
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2013

Keywords

  • Construct
  • Face validity
  • Laparoscopy
  • Length of trajectory
  • Surgical training
  • Virtual reality

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