Maria Antoniadou, Christos Rahiotis, Afrodite Kakaboura
Sustainable Distance Online Educational Process for Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
International journal of environmental research and public health
institution recently implemented virtual reality vr skills curriculum general surgery residents using simnow simulator based content alignment study revised curriculum include 20 33 vr tasks added 3 previously validated inanimate tasks purpose study establish expertderived proficiency levels tasks evaluate validity scoring vr tasks two expert robotic surgeons performed 5 repetitions vr inanimate task trimmed mean lowest scoring attempt outliers 2 standard deviations eliminated defined expert level task vr tasks expert levels compared resident performance evaluate validity study conducted university texas southwestern medical center dallas tx tertiary care academic teaching hospital two expert robotic surgeons participated study data 42 residents pgy24 completed original curriculum used represent novice performance comparison expert levels resident performance statistically significant 15 vr tasks supporting validity approached significance p 006 009 2 vr tasks expert levels designated proficiency levels 17 tasks group comparisons clearly significant p 0208 3 vr tasks 2 3 tasks retained introductory exercises 3 repetitions required 1 excluded 3 inanimate tasks expert levels minus 2 standard deviations designated proficiency levels analysis generated validity evidence 15 vr tasks established expertderived proficiency levels 17 vr tasks 3 inanimate tasks proposed curriculum consists 19 vr 3 inanimate tasks using selected proficiency levels anticipate design maximize curriculum efficiency effectiveness