THE EXPERIENCE OF USING OF THE ORIGINAL VIDEO SIMULATOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC SKILLS IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

Introduction. For development of laparoscopic skills, box training simulators and virtual computer simulators of different complexity are used as training tools. All of them have advantages and disadvantages. Objective. To study the possibility and efficiency of department-created original video simulator for providing basic laparoscopic skills to students. Material and methods. The study was performed on the original laparoscopic video simulator with the participation of 42 students of the 6th year of studying. The digital data processed using the parametric methods of statistical analysis. Results. Exercises after two training gave a significant improvement on the criterion of speed (time). Subjectively, most of participants began to perform them more clearly and confidently, the number of unnecessary movements and mistakes decreased. Conclusions. The laparoscopic simulator is effective for training of basic endovideosurgical manipulations and can be used in educational process by the senior students at a preliminary stage before classes on simulator of virtual reality.