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Construct, content and face validity of the camera handling trainer (CHT): a new E-BLUS training task for 30° laparoscope navigation skills

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Abstract

Purpose

Assessing construct, face and content validity of the camera handling trainer (CHT), a novel low-fidelity training device for 30° laparoscope navigation skills.

Methods

We developed a custom-designed box trainer with clinically based graphic targets. A total of 117 participants, stratified according to their previous experience (novice, competent, expert), took part to a CHT session and subsequently were asked to fill out a survey to assess the impact of the CHT on their 30° laparoscope navigation skills. Sixty of them were also studied for task performance during a 1-h session, with multiple time measurements.

Results

All participants, regardless of the previous experience, significantly improved their performance after the CHT session. Regarding construct validity, the mean task performance on the last measurement for novice group was found to be comparable to the mean first attempt of both competent (p = 0.12) and expert (p = 0.24) participants. All participants agreed that “the CHT is a valid training tool” and that “the CHT should be part of the regular dry laboratory training sessions”, assessing both face and content validity. Limitations include the need for assessment of predictive validity.

Conclusions

The CHT is a valid training tool for 30° laparoscope navigation and thus should be considered as one of the fundamental exercises during basic laparoscopic hands-on training sessions for urologists.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Olympus Europe and to the ESU training research group for the kind support offered during the study. Thanks to the “Studio Cassone” in Reggio Calabria for the spaces offered during development phases.

Authors contribution

Domenico Veneziano: protocol/project development and manuscript writing/editing; Andrea Minervini: manuscript editing; John Beatty: data collection or management; Paolo Fornara: data collection or management; Ali Gozen: data collection or management; Francesco Greco: data collection or management; J. F. Langenhuijsen: data collection or management; Luca Lunelli: data collection or management; Deirdre Overgaauw: data collection or management; Jens Rassweiler: manuscript editing; Bernardo Rocco: data analysis; Rafael Sanchez Salas: data collection or management; Shahrokh Shariat: data collection or management; Robert M. Sweet: manuscript editing; Giuseppe Simone: data analysis; Christopher Springer: data collection or management; Agostino Tuccio: data collection or management; Ben Van Cleynenbreugel: manuscript editing; Peter Weibl: data collection or management and Pietro Cozzupoli: manuscript editing.

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  1. Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Via Melacrino No. 1, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Domenico Veneziano & Pietro Cozzupoli

  2. Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Andrea Minervini & Agostino Tuccio

  3. Department of Urology, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton, UK

    John Beatty

  4. Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Martin-Luther-University, Halle/Saale, Germany

    Paolo Fornara & Christopher Springer

  5. Department of Urology, Klinikum Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany

    Ali Gozen & Jens Rassweiler

  6. Department of Urology and Mini-invasive Surgery, Romolo Hospital, Rocca di Neto, Italy

    Francesco Greco

  7. Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    J. F. Langenhuijsen

  8. Department of Urology, Institut Montsouris Paris, Paris, France

    Luca Lunelli & Rafael Sanchez Salas

  9. Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Deirdre Overgaauw

  10. Clinica Urologica I, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Bernardo Rocco

  11. Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Shahrokh Shariat & Peter Weibl

  12. Department of Urology, SIM Portal, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Robert M. Sweet

  13. Department of Urology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe Simone

  14. Department of Urology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium

    Ben Van Cleynenbreugel

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Veneziano, D., Minervini, A., Beatty, J. et al. Construct, content and face validity of the camera handling trainer (CHT): a new E-BLUS training task for 30° laparoscope navigation skills. World J Urol 34, 479–484 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-015-1657-6

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