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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01092013
Date of registration: 15/03/2010
Primary sponsor: University of Zurich
Public title: Comparative Evaluation of Simulator Based and Traditional In-surgery Laparoscopic Camera Training's Efficiency in Novices
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Date of first enrolment: September 2007
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01092013
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)  
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:   Dieter Hahnloser, MD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Zurich, Departement of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery
Name:   Florian M Franzeck, cand. med.
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Affiliation:  University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Medical students on a surgical clerkship rotation at the department of visceral and
transplantation surgery of the university hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any experience in laparoscopic camera handling in the OR and/or simulator based
laparoscopic training



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Clinical Competence
Laparoscopy
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Technical instruction
Behavioral: Training at actual laparoscopic surgery
Behavioral: Training on laparoscopic simulator in skills lab
Primary Outcome(s)
Progress of skills shown in test regarding target centring as assessed by rating scale [Time Frame: After 3 weeks of individual training]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Progress of skills shown in test regarding horizon alignment as assessed by rating scale [Time Frame: After 3 weeks of individual training]
Progress of time to completion of test [Time Frame: After 3 weeks of individual training]
Total time effort spend for respective training time [Time Frame: During 3 weeks of individual training]
Secondary ID(s)
StV 12-2008
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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