Aquisição de habilidades em cirurgia videolaparoscópica por residentes em cirurgia geral após treinamento em simulador de alta fidelidade

Abstract

The long learning curve consumes too much time surgeons teachers because it requires strict monitoring and prolonged teaching residents. Innovations in education in health, together with technological advances, has resulted in increasingly sophisticated simulators, awakening thus best interests by simulation. The adoption of high-fidelity surgery simulator (Lap VR) in practical lessons with the resident in general surgery at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) is intended to foster learning of these students, and training in a safe environment for both students and for the patients. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the acquisition of skills after training in high-fidelity laparoscopic surgery simulator. Method: Qualitative research, descriptive and applied, conducted by questionnaire data collection semi-structured by the researcher applied to residents of the Medical Residency Program in General UFT Surgery (PRMCG-UFT) and recorded oral interview and then transcribed with tutors surgeons. Results: Following the inclusion criteria adopted in this research, reports of seven general surgery residents were used, after the simulator training, concluded acquire skills in laparoscopic procedures. Two residents mentioned that they had difficulties in performing the tasks due to the high sensitivity required by the simulator in some procedures. Only one respondent pointed out the methodology of not teaching "Six Steps" used for training in the simulator, but it was well accepted by the others. One of the residents reported the importance of the presence of a tutor while using the simulator. Preceptors respondents reported that the skills acquired by residents after training on Lap VR moved to laparoscopic surgery on real patients. Conclusion: In this study it can be concluded that, in accordance with the technical insight and criticism from residents and preceptors of PRMCG-UFT, standardized training using the methodology of "Six Steps" using LapVR proved to be effective in acquisition skills for later surgical procedures in both open surgery and in the videocirurgias on real patients.