INTRODUCTION: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects a growing proportion of the aging male population. Minimally invasive surgical therapies (MISTs) such as Rezum and UroLift offer effective alternatives to traditional approaches like transureth...
BACKGROUND: Medical simulation is a global trend that improves disease interpretation, diagnostic skills, and clinical abilities, transforming them into skills for the practitioner. Simulator classes should be part of continuing medical education, ge...
INTRODUCTION: The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the assessment of procedural skills on a simulation platform using the global rating scale (GRS) has shown promise. Our team developed an open-source, low-cost simulation platform for t...
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) integration in nursing simulation education is growing, yet understanding its implementation across simulation phases remains limited.
Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)
Mar 20, 2025
Simulators and immersive technologies, such as virtual reality and augmented reality are becoming increasingly more important for training in orthopedic and trauma surgery. They enable safe and standardized training of surgical skills and contribute ...
OBJECTIVES: Bronchoscopy in the mechanically ventilated patient is an important skill for critical-care physicians. However, training opportunity is heterogenous and limited by infrequent caseload or inadequate instructor feedback for satisfactory co...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Mar 4, 2025
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Automated surgical skill assessment using kinematic and video data (hard data) sources has been widely adopted in the literature. However, experts' opinions (soft data) in the form of free-text could be an invaluable source ...
BACKGROUND: Healthcare simulation is critical for medical education, with traditional methods using simulated patients (SPs). Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) offer new possibilities with AI-based simulators, introducing limitless oppo...
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Oct 17, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Simulation-based training has proven effective for learning flexible bronchoscopy. However, no studies have tested the efficacy of training toward established proficiency criteria, i.e., mastery learning (ML). We wish to test the effect...
BACKGROUND: Medical interviewing is a critical skill in clinical practice, yet opportunities for practical training are limited in Japanese medical schools, necessitating urgent measures. Given advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology,...
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