Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Surgical skill simulation training to proficiency reduces procedural errors among novice cardiac device implanters: a randomized study
Authors' conclusion
Proficiency-based progression training produces superior objectively assessed novice operators' surgical performance in device implantation compared with traditional (simulation) training.
Study context
- Population
- Novice cardiac device implanters from 10 countries
- Participants
- 30 implanters10 countries
- Comparison
- Proficiency-based progression simulation training vs traditional simulation training
- Primary endpoint
- Procedural Steps Completed, Critical Errors, Errors (non-critical) and All Errors Combined, scored from video-recorded implant on porcine tissue
Methodological detailsinternational, prospective, blinded randomisation, blinded assessors
- International
- Prospective
- Blinded randomisation
- Blinded assessors
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
- More procedural Steps completed
- difference 11%; P < 0.001
- Fewer Critical Errors
- difference 61.2%; P < 0.001
- Fewer Errors (non-critical)
- difference 57.1%; P = 0.140
- Fewer All Errors Combined
- difference 60.7%; P = 0.001
Further findings
Predefined target performance level demonstrated
Original publication
Surgical skill simulation training to proficiency reduces procedural errors among novice cardiac device implanters: a randomized study. Europace. Published 11 September 2024. doi:10.
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