Here are five new items and studies regarding training for the operating room.
1. The Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement in Celebration, Fla., part of Florida Hospital in Orlando, held its grand opening on Oct. 6. The $54 million, 54,000-square-foot facility expects to train 20,000 surgeons a year in minimally invasive techniques.
2. Female general surgery residents were twice as likely as men to be concerned about their competence after training, according to a study published in Archives of Surgery. In addition, single residents were 1.36 times more likely than married students to believe their skills were not level appropriate.
3. North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., hosted an 85-foot-long mobile operating room. Surgeons, OR nurses and other staff learned to perform minimally-invasive, single-incision surgery procedures in the back of a tractor trailer that included six OR stations, a lecture hall and simulated ORs.
4. Compared with no intervention, technology-enhanced simulation training is associated with better outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Results showed large effects for outcomes of knowledge, skills and behavior and moderate effects for patient-related outcomes compared to no intervention.
5. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., trains its operating room staff to use a checklist to avoid procedural errors. In April 2011, after a year of using the checklist in more than 2,000 surgeries, the compliance rate with using the checklists was at 97 percent, and 30-day postoperative complications decreased from 21 percent to 6 percent.
1. The Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement in Celebration, Fla., part of Florida Hospital in Orlando, held its grand opening on Oct. 6. The $54 million, 54,000-square-foot facility expects to train 20,000 surgeons a year in minimally invasive techniques.
2. Female general surgery residents were twice as likely as men to be concerned about their competence after training, according to a study published in Archives of Surgery. In addition, single residents were 1.36 times more likely than married students to believe their skills were not level appropriate.
3. North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., hosted an 85-foot-long mobile operating room. Surgeons, OR nurses and other staff learned to perform minimally-invasive, single-incision surgery procedures in the back of a tractor trailer that included six OR stations, a lecture hall and simulated ORs.
4. Compared with no intervention, technology-enhanced simulation training is associated with better outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Results showed large effects for outcomes of knowledge, skills and behavior and moderate effects for patient-related outcomes compared to no intervention.
5. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., trains its operating room staff to use a checklist to avoid procedural errors. In April 2011, after a year of using the checklist in more than 2,000 surgeries, the compliance rate with using the checklists was at 97 percent, and 30-day postoperative complications decreased from 21 percent to 6 percent.