Surgical Skill Simulation Training to Proficiency Reduces Procedural Errors among Novice Cardiac Device Implanters. A Randomized Study.
Jorio MascheroniMartin StockburgerAshish PatwalaLluis MontArchana RaoHartwig RetzlaffChristophe GarwegAnthony G GallagherTom VerbelenPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)
PBP training produces superior objectively assessed novice operators' surgical performance in device implantation compared with traditional (simulation) training. Systematic PBP incorporation into formal academic surgical skills training is recommended before in-vivo device practice. Future studies will quantify PBP training's effect on surgery-related device complications.