論文

査読有り
2001年

Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Evaluating the Aptitude of Medical Students

General Medicine
  • Oyama Hiroshi
  • ,
  • Kuroda Tomohiro
  • ,
  • Hori Kenta
  • ,
  • Nakamura Takehiko
  • ,
  • Takahashi Takashi

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開始ページ
17
終了ページ
23
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.14442/general2000.2.17
出版者・発行元
一般社団法人 日本プライマリ・ケア連合学会

OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to develop a system using virtual reality (VR) technology to test the haptic skills of medical students. Currently, surgical skills are learned on live patients in a clinical environment in which the student practices under the close supervision of an experienced surgeon. We are interested in using haptic feedback devices to enhance surgical skills, because simulated touch in a virtual world improves the performance of trainee surgeons. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of a test that evaluates the surgical skill of medical students by using a VR simulator.<BR>METHODS: We used a microsurgical simulator with a force-feedback system. Its effectiveness in helping 36 medical students to acquire the tactile skills used in microscopic surgery was evaluated experimentally. Operating time and the number of sites of hemorrhage were measured to evaluate surgical aptitude. We also evaluated system performance with respect to reality, immersiveness, and operability as secondary measures. Data were analyzed using descriptive methods.<BR>RESULTS: The operating time and number of hemorrhagic sites were positively correlated. Subject students were clustered into three groups: dexterous, awkward, or clumsy. The relation between the number of hemorrhages in the retina and immersion and operability differed between the group of would-be surgeons and those of would-be internists and pediatricians. All the students commented that the simulator was a useful tool for medical education.<BR>CONCLUSIONS: The VR simulator can be used not only to teach and evaluate subtle tactile and surgical skills relevant to the surgical profession, but also to test the aptitude of medical students. The training transfer from a haptic simulator to actual practice methodology should be quantifiable in the near future. This work has steered medical informatics research into a new type of medical education.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14442/general2000.2.17
CiNii Books
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/AA11571086
CiNii Research
https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1571417126179006208?lang=ja
URL
https://search.jamas.or.jp/index.php?module=Default&action=Link&pub_year=2001&ichushi_jid=J04754&link_issn=&doc_id=20020625400003&doc_link_id=10.14442%2Fgeneral2000.2.17&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.14442%2Fgeneral2000.2.17&type=J-STAGE&icon=https%3A%2F%2Fjk04.jamas.or.jp%2Ficon%2F00007_3.gif
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.14442/general2000.2.17
  • ISSN : 1346-0072
  • eISSN : 1883-6011
  • 医中誌Web ID : 2002261718
  • CiNii Articles ID : 130004013096
  • CiNii Books ID : AA11571086
  • CiNii Research ID : 1571417126179006208

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