Temporal Bone Drilling Simulation Boot Camp Course

Competency by design is changing the surgical landscape. Virtual reality simulation appears to be a promising training tool to assist in achieving surgical competency. This study was designed to determine if a boot camp style virtual reality (VR) mastoidectomy drilling course could be developed to improve a novice learner’s mastoidectomy drilling technique. Forty medical students were randomized to a traditional curriculum (control) group or a VR curriculum (intervention) group. Participants performed pre- and post-intervention knowledge testing, and mastoidectomy drilling sessions. Results of the study are an encouraging first step in demonstrating that a VR simulation boot camp course may improve a novice learners’: (i) understanding of the temporal bone anatomy as demonstrated by a significant difference between pre- and post-intervention knowledge testing (p < 0.01), (ii) drilling technique, as demonstrated by a significant difference between pre- and post-intervention drilling testing (p < 0.01), and (iii) ability to recognize dangerous or red flag areas in drilling a temporal bone. Future directions include a recommendation to implement a mastoidectomy VR simulation boot camp course at the annual Canadian Oto-HNS boot camp.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MSc)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Medicine – Community Health Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Cumming School of Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Hoy, Monica

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Oddone-Paolucci, Elizabeth

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Dort, Joseph C.
• Matthews, Thomas Wayne
• Lopushinsky, Steven R.

• virtual reality
• surgical simulation
• mastoidectomy
• surgical education

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37654

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/111764