Arrhythmias & electrophysiologyRandomised controlled trial
Surgical skill simulation training to proficiency reduces procedural errors among novice cardiac device implanters: a randomized study
- Randomised controlled trial
- international
- prospective
- blinded randomisation
- blinded assessors
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 implanters · 10 countries
- Comparison
- Proficiency-based progression (PBP) vs simulation (SIM)
- Primary endpoint
- Procedural Steps Completed, Critical Errors, Errors (non-critical) and All Errors Combined, scored from video-recorded implant on porcine tissue
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:10.1093/europace/euae229
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it