Interpretation of motion analysis of laparoscopic instruments based on principal component analysis in box trainer settings.
Ignacio OropesaFernando Pérez EscamirosaJuan A Sánchez-MargalloSilvia EncisoBorja Rodríguez-VilaArturo Minor MartínezFrancisco M Sánchez-MargalloEnrique J GómezPatricia Sánchez-GonzálezPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2018)
PCA-defined HSMAPs can be used for technical skills' assessment. Construct validation and expert knowledge can be combined to infer how competences are acquired in box trainer tasks. These findings can be exploited to provide residents with meaningful feedback on performance. Future works will compare the new HSMAPs with valid scoring systems such as GOALS.