XR simulator training of residents improved live-patient surgical outcomes compared to residents not trained with XR¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Three studies validated the hypothesis that XR training improves outcomes on live-patient subjects versus residents without XR training. → Iop A. 2022

Evidence¶

Iop A. 2022¶

Iop A., El-Hajj V.G., Gharios M., de Giorgio A., Monetti F.M., Edström E., Elmi-Terander A., Romero M. (2022). Extended Reality in Neurosurgical Education: A Systematic Review. Sensors. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22166067

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports that only three of the included studies projected XR training benefits onto live-patient operator performance, and all three "successfully validated" the transfer hypothesis; the review calls the results promising but small in number.

"Two studies adopting the “XR vs. non-XR” design [62,69] and one of the longitudinal studies [19] tested, and successfully validated, the hypothesis that XR training of residents could improve outcomes on live-patient subjects when compared to residents that were not trained with XR."

Discussion¶

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