Clinical Readiness: Can Providers Learn to Perform Lower Leg Fasciotomy Through a Tablet-based Augmented Reality Surgical Training Environment?

CONCLUSIONS: Tablet-based AR procedural training improved procedural knowledge and tablet-based skills; however, those gains did not transfer to the ability to perform the procedure on a cadaver. The tablet's limited AR interface did not support the acquisition of requisite surgical technique, tissue handling, and decision-making in novice surgical trainees. Experienced surgeons may have different outcomes because their mature understanding of surgical constructs would allow extrapolation of abilities to other procedural contexts. Further investigation of the tablet-based training environments for surgical care is necessary before distributing such resources to support clinical readiness.PMID:38554272 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usae103
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research