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Invited commentary: Virtual reality as a preoperative warm-up in surgical training

Published:January 04, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.01.001
Invited commentary: Virtual reality as a preoperative warm-up in surgical training
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      In surgical education, preoperative preparation is an important stage that serves as an underpinning for resident training in the operating room (OR) and may potentially enhance learning efficacy. Such preparations can range from the purely cognitive (e.g., mental imagery) to technical drills designed to prime the learner to perform specific physical skills requiring manual dexterity. Various interventions have been developed to enhance resident trainees’ preoperative preparation, such as the Brief-Intraoperative Teaching-Debrief (BID) model
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      Preoperative priming results in improved operative performance with surgical trainees.
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      highlights a novel preoperative warm up using an immersive technology rather than a live faculty in the OR.
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      Publication history

      Published online: January 04, 2023
      Accepted: January 3, 2023
      Received: January 3, 2023

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.01.001

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