AccuTouch VR simulator training improved live fibreoptic intubation performance in inexperienced paediatric residents, reducing time to intubation from 5.15 to 0.88 minutes¶
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q3 i? After AccuTouch simulator training, paediatric residents with no previous experience showed significant improvements in live fibreoptic intubations, including reduced intubation time and fewer mucosal collisions. → McCarthy Roisin 2026
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McCarthy Roisin 2026¶
McCarthy Roisin, Maher Liam, O'Dea Angela. (2026). Validation status of definitive airway management simulators: a systematic review. BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.027
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Review synthesis of Rowe (2002), a predictive-validity evaluation of the AccuTouch Flexible Bronchoscopy Simulator with 20 novice paediatric trainees per Table 2. The review cautions such immediate gains may represent procedural priming rather than sustained skill acquisition.
"After simulator training, paediatric residents with no previous experience demonstrated significant improvements in live fibreoptic intubations, including reduced time to intubation (from 5.15 min to 0.88 min) and fewer mucosal collisions."
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Related Claims¶
- Validation quality does not consistently correlate with simulator fidelity, and high-fidelity VR simulators' superiority over simpler models for fibreoptic intubation has not been demonstrated — related
- Training on a simple low-fidelity 'choose-the-hole' bench model transferred to real clinical fibreoptic intubation performance in an RCT — related
- Virtual reality was particularly effective for procedural skill development and knowledge retention in paediatric undergraduate training — a broader claim this one bears on
- Predictive validity of airway simulators is rarely evaluated, and the two tracheal-intubation studies assessing it found no improvement in real-world neonatal intubation outcomes after simulator training — related
- The ORSIM bronchoscopy simulator shows the most comprehensive validation among fibreoptic simulators, with construct validity (experts outperforming novices) and predictive validity — related
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