Teaching Palatoplasty Using a High-Fidelity Cleft Palate Simulator

BACKGROUND: Cleft palate repair is a challenging procedure for cleft surgeons to teach. A novel high-fidelity cleft palate simulator has been described for surgeon training. This study evaluates the simulator's effect on surgeon procedural confidence and palatoplasty knowledge among learners.

METHODS: Plastic surgery trainees attended a palatoplasty workshop consisting of a didactic session on cleft palate anatomy and repair followed by a simulation session. Participants completed a procedural confidence questionnaire and palatoplasty knowledge test immediately before and after the workshop.

RESULTS: All participants reported significantly higher procedural confidence following the workshop (p < 0.05). Those with cleft palate surgery experience had higher procedural confidence before (p < 0.001) and after (p < 0.001) the session. Palatoplasty knowledge test scores increased in 90 percent of participants. The mean baseline test score was 28 ± 10.89 percent and 43 ± 18.86 percent following the workshop. Those with prior cleft palate experience did not have higher mean baseline test scores than those with no experience (30 percent versus 28 percent; p > 0.05), but did have significantly higher scores after the workshop (61 percent versus 35 percent; p < 0.05). All trainees strongly agreed or agreed that the simulator should be integrated into training and they would use it again.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the effective use of a novel cleft palate simulator as a training tool to teach palatoplasty. Improved procedural confidence and knowledge were observed after a single session, with benefits seen among trainees both with and without previous cleft experience.

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CommentIn: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec;142(6):980e-981e. - PMID 30489541

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:141

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Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 141(2018), 1 vom: 13. Jan., Seite 91e-98e

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Englisch

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Cheng, Homan [VerfasserIn]
Podolsky, Dale J [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, David M [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Karen W [VerfasserIn]
Lorenz, H Peter [VerfasserIn]
Khosla, Rohit K [VerfasserIn]
Drake, James M [VerfasserIn]
Forrest, Christopher R [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 12.01.2018

Date Revised 06.01.2021

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CommentIn: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec;142(6):980e-981e. - PMID 30489541

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/PRS.0000000000003957

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NLM279444001