Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 593-604Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2009.02.008
Keywords
Simulation; Medical education and training; Cognitive training; Decision making; Multitasking
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Simulators for honing procedural skills (such as surgical skills and central venous catheter placement) have proven to be valuable tools for medical educators and students. While Such simulations represent an effective paradigm in surgical education, there is an opportunity to add a layer of cognitive exercises to these basic simulations that can facilitate robust skill learning in residents. This paper describes a controlled methodology, inspired by neuropsychological assessment tasks and embodied cognition, to develop cognitive simulators for laparoscopic surgery. These Simulators provide psychomotor skill training and offer the additional challenge of accomplishing cognitive tasks in realistic environments. A generic framework for design, development and evaluation of such simulators is described. The presented framework is generalizable and can be applied to different task domains. It is independent of the types of sensors, simulation environment and feedback mechanisms that the simulators use. A proof of concept of the framework is provided through developing a Simulator that includes cognitive variations to a basic psychomotor task. The results Of two pilot Studies are presented that show the validity of the methodology in providing an effective evaluation and learning environments for surgeons. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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