Imperial College London
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Dr Kapil Sugand

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)7773 642 813kapil.sugand04 Website

 
 
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MSk Lab

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Akhtar:2015:10.1186/s13037-015-0058-5,
author = {Akhtar, K and Sugand, K and Wijendra, A and Standfield, NJ and Cobb, JP and Gupte, CM},
doi = {10.1186/s13037-015-0058-5},
journal = {Patient Safety in Surgery},
title = {Training safer surgeons: How do patients view the role of simulation in orthopaedic training?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-015-0058-5},
volume = {9},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BACKGROUND: Simulation allows training without posing risk to patient safety. It has developed in response to the demand for patient safety and the reduced training times for surgeons. Whilst there is an increasing role of simulation in orthopaedic training, the perception of patients and the general public of this novel method is yet unknown. Patients and the public were given the opportunity to perform a diagnostic knee arthroscopy on a virtual reality ARTHRO Mentor simulator. After their practice session, participants answered a validated questionnaire based on a 5-point Likert Scale assessing their opinions on arthroscopic simulation. Primary objective was observing perception of patients on orthopaedic virtual reality simulation. FINDINGS: There were a total of 159 respondents, of which 86% were of the opinion that simulators are widely used in surgical training and 94% felt that they should be compulsory. 91% would feel safer having an operation by a surgeon trained on simulators, 87% desired their surgeon to be trained on simulators and 72% believed that additional simulator training resulted in better surgeons. Moreover, none of the respondents would want their operation to be performed by a surgeon who had not trained on a simulator. Cronbach's alpha was 0.969. CONCLUSIONS: There is also a clear public consensus for this method of training to be more widely utilised and it would enhance public perception of safer training of orthopaedic surgeons. This study of public perception provides a mandate to increase investment and infrastructure in orthopaedic simulation as part of promoting clinical governance.
AU  - Akhtar,K
AU  - Sugand,K
AU  - Wijendra,A
AU  - Standfield,NJ
AU  - Cobb,JP
AU  - Gupte,CM
DO  - 10.1186/s13037-015-0058-5
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1754-9493
TI  - Training safer surgeons: How do patients view the role of simulation in orthopaedic training?
T2  - Patient Safety in Surgery
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-015-0058-5
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750661
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/21621
VL  - 9
ER  -
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