HCBE Faculty Articles
Validity and acceptability of a high-fidelity physical simulation model for training of laparoscopic pyeloplasty
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Endourology
ISSN
1557-900X
Publication Date
2014
Abstract/Excerpt
Abstract
Purpose
The objective was to determine the acceptability and preliminary construct validity for a high-fidelity synthetic renal pelvis/ureter tissue analogue model for use as a simulation model for training of laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
Materials and methods
The pyeloplasty model was designed with incorporated assessment lines for use in post-task Black Light Assessment of Surgical Technique (BLAST)™. Practicing urologists participating in the 2011 and 2012 American Urological Association Mentored Renal Laparoscopy courses performed a simulated laparoscopic pyeloplasty procedure and completed a post-task evaluation of the model.
Results
Practicing urologists found the model acceptable and rated the model favorably in terms of content and face validity. Urologists who had performed a laparoscopic pyeloplasty procedure in the last 5 years outperformed those who had not by demonstrating increased patency (P<0.05), decreased twisting (P<0.05), and decreased leakage (P<0.10) at the anastomosis.
Conclusions
The BLAST™ pyeloplasty model demonstrated evidence of acceptability and content, face, and construct validity for training practicing urologists to perform laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2013.0678
Volume
28
Issue
4
Document Number
24320223
First Page
393
Last Page
398
NSUWorks Citation
Poniatowski, Lauren H.; Wolf, J. Stuart Jr.; Nakada, Stephen Y.; Reihsen, Troy E.; Sainfort, François; and Sweet, Robert M., "Validity and acceptability of a high-fidelity physical simulation model for training of laparoscopic pyeloplasty" (2014). HCBE Faculty Articles. 1104.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/1104
