A microprocessor-controlled psychomotor tester for minimal access surgery

G B  Hanna; T  Drew; P  Clinch; B  Hunter; S  Shimi; M P  Dunkley; A  Cuschieri

doi:10.1007/s004649900215

A microprocessor-controlled psychomotor tester for minimal access surgery

G B Hanna, T Drew, P Clinch, B Hunter, S Shimi, M P Dunkley, A Cuschieri

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Abstract

Background: There is Little reported information on psychomotor performance in relation to minimal access surgery (MAS).

Methods: A microprocessor-controlled endoscopic psychomotor tester (the Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester-DEFT) has been developed to evaluate psychomotor aspects of MAS. Experiments were conducted on 20 medical undergraduates to evaluate accuracy and reliability of the tester.

Results: The study demonstrated a significant difference between subjects (p < 0.01). It also identified three individuals who enacted 16, 22, and 40 errors while the majority (85%) sustained less errors with a median of 4.5.

Conclusions: DEFT provides a standard, reproducible, objective real-time scoring system. It identifies individuals who cannot adjust to endoscopic viewing and therefore manipulate from endoscopic images.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	965-968
Number of pages	4
Journal	Surgical Endoscopy
Volume	10
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900215
Publication status	Published - Oct 1996

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