OR fire virtual training simulator: design and face validity

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 31; no. 9; pp. 3527 - 3533
• Main Authors: Dorozhkin, Denis, Olasky, Jaisa, Jones, Daniel B., Schwaitzberg, Steven D., Jones, Stephanie B., Cao, Caroline G. L., Molina, Marcos, Henriques, Steven, Wang, Jinling, Flinn, Jeff, De, Suvranu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Computer Simulation; Electrosurgery - education; Emergencies; Fire prevention; Fires - prevention & control; Gastroenterology; Gynecology; Hepatology; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Minimally invasive surgery; Operating Rooms; Proctology; Reproducibility of Results; Simulation Training - methods; Surgeons; Surgery; Training; United States; Validity; Virtual Reality; United States; FUSE; Electrosurgery; Simulator; Virtual reality; OR fire

Background The Virtual Electrosurgical Skill Trainer is a tool for training surgeons the safe operation of electrosurgery tools in both open and minimally invasive surgery. This training includes a dedicated team-training module that focuses on operating room (OR) fire prevention and response. The m...