Computer-based surgical simulators such as the MIST-VR are able to provide scoring metrics such as time taken to complete a task, number of errors made, and economy of movement. Using MIST-VR's basic metrics, we explored the possibility of classifying skill levels using fuzzy logic. Our objective was to create a fuzzy classifier capable of classifying the performance of a subject training on a ...

Background: Evidence indicating the limited amount of hands-on experience in the current era of medical training has raised concern regarding students’ development and potential deficiencies in the performance of basic procedural skills. Studies have demonstrated the value of surgical workshops for medical students; however evaluation of improved student performance during future clerkships or ...

In the present study we quantify stress by measuring transient perspiratory responses on the perinasal area through thermal imaging. These responses prove to be sympathetically driven and hence, a likely indicator of stress processes in the brain. Armed with the unobtrusive measurement methodology we developed, we were able to monitor stress responses in the context of surgical training, the qu...

This study aimed to address two queries: firstly, the relationship between two cataract surgical feedback tools for training, one human and one software based, and, secondly, evaluating microscope control during phacoemulsification using the software. Videos of surgeons with varying experience were enrolled and independently scored with the validated PhacoTrack motion capture software and the O...

OBJECTIVE We present a dental training simulator that provides a virtual reality (VR) environment with haptic feedback for dental students to practice dental surgical skills in the context of a crown preparation procedure. The simulator addresses challenges in traditional training such as the subjective nature of surgical skill assessment and the limited availability of expert supervision. ME...

Background: To evaluate a standard latex hysteroscopy model training course on gynecologists’ surgical skills. Methods: 74 gynecologists who attended to hysteroscopy training courses of Training Centre, Tehran University, 2013 to 2015 were investigated. Theoretical information of trainees were obtained at the beginning, at the end and 6 months after the course by filling up a reliabile and vali...