Evaluation of augmented reality technology in global urologic surgery.
Am J Surg
; 2023 May 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2322816
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced opportunities for surgical skill sharing between high-income and low to middle-income countries. Augmented reality (AR) technology allows mentors in one country to virtually train a mentee in another country during surgical cases without international travel. We hypothesize that AR technology is an effective live surgical training and mentorship modality.METHODS:
Three senior urologic surgeons in the US and UK worked with four urologic surgeon trainees across the continent of Africa using AR systems. Trainers and trainees individually completed post-operative questionnaires evaluating their experience.RESULTS:
Trainees rated the quality of virtual training as equivalent to in-person training in 83% of cases (N = 5 of 6 responses). Trainers reported the technology's visual quality as "acceptable" in 67% of cases (N = 12 of 18 responses). The audiovisual capabilities of the technology had a "high" impact in the majority of the cases.CONCLUSION:
AR technology can effectively facilitate surgical training when in-person training is limited or unavailable.
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.amjsurg.2023.05.014
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