Night Call Does Not Impair Learning of Laparoscopic Skills

• DOI: 10.1177/155335060501200213
• Publication Date: 2007-06-22T02:54:34Z
• Authors: Eric J. DeMaria; Corrigan L. McBride; Timothy J. Broderick; Brian J. Kaplan
• Keywords: Trainer

Investigators have looked at the effect of night call on surgical residents but not learning laparoscopic skills. The Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer-Virtual Reality (MIST-VR) tests 6 tasks similar to a cholecystectomy. We hypothesized that would impair performance and skills improve rather deteriorate after call. Seventeen volunteers were tested before Data collected included economy movement, time, number errors for each hand/foot. A paired Student t test was used statistical analysis. On first 2 tasks, there an improvement in all parameters post-call, with significance reached 5 18 (P<or=.05). In "running bowel,'' 8 9 significantly improved final task, 11 showed deterioration only movement foot significant Most (16) than which is consistent despite lack sleep from