Development of Ventral Hernia Repair Curriculum Using the AWSSOM-a Synthetic Abdominal Wall Surgical Skills Operational Model

CONCLUSIONS: The novel abdominal wall surgical skills operative model fills an important proof of concept gap in simulation training. It is low cost with the potential to improve cognitive and psychomotor skills, as well as confidence to competently complete ventral hernia repair with mesh in the graduate medical education setting. Prior to formal effectiveness testing, our lessons learned should be addressed in both the model and curriculum. Future studies must include an adequately powered statistical evaluation with a larger sample across all levels of training.PMID:38195202 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usad496
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research