Video Gaming Improves Robotic Surgery Simulator Success

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Investigators aimed to investigate the effects of video game habits, duration of experience, and training in different surgical clinics on the success of robotic surgery simulators. In this prospective, observational, comparative, and multi-clinic study, all participants played the Temple Run and Piano Tiles 2™ mobile games for one month after responding to a questionnaire including their sociodemographic characteristics, surgical experience, and past and current video game experience. At the end of the study period, participants experienced four different robotic surgery simulator tasks (Camera Targeting 1, Energy Switching 1, Ring & Rail 2, Vertical Defect Suturing) in the da Vinci® Skills Simulator™. Additionally, sociodemographic data were statistically analyzed with mobile game scores, and 13 different performance scores were obtained from the simulator.

Official Title
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Video Gaming Improves Robotic Surgery Simulator Success: A Multi-clinic Cross-sectional Study on Robotic Skills

Conditions
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Robotic Surgery, Simulator

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Video game & Robotic surgery simulator success


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: To be a physician trained in Surgery in the Department of General Surgery. Pediatric Surgery and Urology. To be an assistant and specialist of the departments with robotic surgery experience. To be acquainted with laparoscopic surgery. Having played video games. Exclusion Criteria: Participation in our study is on a voluntary basis and we have no criteria other than physicians who want to leave the study voluntarily.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 24 Years
Maximum Age: 39 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| General surgery residents<br>39 participants | Other: Video game & Robotic surgery simulator success<br>* A questionnaire was administered to all participants, asking about their demographic information, surgical experience, hobbies, and previous video game playing experiences. After the questionnaire, the participants were asked to play the Temple Run (Imangi Studios, NC, USA) and Piano Tiles 2™ mobile games for one month. At the end of the period, with the da Vinci® Skills Simulator™ for one hour, all participants performed four different robotic surgery simulator tasks (Camera Targeting 1, Energy Switching 1, Ring & Rail 2, Vertical Defect Suturing) that require the ability to apply basic robotic surgery rules and measure surgical skills.<br>|
| Urology residents<br>14 participants | Other: Video game & Robotic surgery simulator success<br>* A questionnaire was administered to all participants, asking about their demographic information, surgical experience, hobbies, and previous video game playing experiences. After the questionnaire, the participants were asked to play the Temple Run (Imangi Studios, NC, USA) and Piano Tiles 2™ mobile games for one month. At the end of the period, with the da Vinci® Skills Simulator™ for one hour, all participants performed four different robotic surgery simulator tasks (Camera Targeting 1, Energy Switching 1, Ring & Rail 2, Vertical Defect Suturing) that require the ability to apply basic robotic surgery rules and measure surgical skills.<br>|
| Pediatric surgery residents<br>7 participants | Other: Video game & Robotic surgery simulator success<br>* A questionnaire was administered to all participants, asking about their demographic information, surgical experience, hobbies, and previous video game playing experiences. After the questionnaire, the participants were asked to play the Temple Run (Imangi Studios, NC, USA) and Piano Tiles 2™ mobile games for one month. At the end of the period, with the da Vinci® Skills Simulator™ for one hour, all participants performed four different robotic surgery simulator tasks (Camera Targeting 1, Energy Switching 1, Ring & Rail 2, Vertical Defect Suturing) that require the ability to apply basic robotic surgery rules and measure surgical skills.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotic surgery simulator score of participants by video game experience | The effect of both previous and current video game on simulator results | 2 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Determination of robotic surgery success among clinics according to simulator score |  | 2 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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robotic surgery, simulation-based learning, video game experience, surgical education