Sensory and motor skill testing in neurosurgery applicants: a pilot study using a virtual reality haptic neurosurgical simulator.

Ben Roitberg¹, Pat Banerjee, Cristian Luciano, Martin Matulyauskas, Silvio Rizzi, Patrick Kania, Jaime Gasco

¹*University of Chicago Section of Neurosurgery, Chicago, Illinois; ‡University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Chicago, Illinois; §ImmersiveTouch Inc, Westmont, Illinois; ¶University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Neurosurgery, Galveston, Texas.

PubMed DOI

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Manual skill is important for surgeons, but current methods to evaluate sensory-motor skills in applicants to a surgical residency are limited. OBJECTIVE: To develop a method of testing sensory-motor skill using objective and reproducible virtual reality simulation. METHODS: We designed a set of tests on a 3-dimensional surgical simulator with head and arm tracking, colocalization, a…

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Mentioned Companies

ImmersiveTouch
affiliation

NIH Funding

Grant #8410568
Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping Training Simulator using Virtual Reality and Haptics
IMMERSIVETOUCH, INC.
$452,435 (FY2013)

Other Funding

NINDS NIH HHS(2R44NS066557)
United States

MeSH Terms

Adult0Aptitude Tests0Bone Screws0Brain0Clinical Competence0Computer Graphics0Computer Simulation0Data Interpretation, Statistical0Female0Hemostasis0Humans0Internship and Residency0Male0Motor Skills0Neurosurgery0Pilot Projects0Psychomotor Performance0School Admission Criteria*Spine0User-Computer Interface0Visual Perception0

Article Info

PMID: 24051874
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000089

How to Cite

Roitberg B et al. Sensory and motor skill testing in neurosurgery applicants: a pilot study using a virtual reality haptic neurosurgical simulator. Neurosurgery2013;73 Suppl 1116-21. doi:10.1227/NEU.0000000000000089

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