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A microprocessor-controlled psychomotor tester for minimal access surgery

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Background: There is little reported information on psychomotor performance in relation to minimal access surgery (MAS).

Methods: A microprocessor-controlled endoscopic psychomotor tester (the Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester—DEPT) has been developed to evaluate psychomotor aspects of MAS. Experiments were conducted on 20 medical undergraduates to evaluate accuracy and reliability of the tester.

Results: The study demonstrated a significant difference between subjects (p < 0.01). It also identified three individuals who enacted 16, 22, and 40 errors while the majority (85%) sustained less errors with a median of 4.5.

Conclusions: DEPT provides a standard, reproducible, objective real-time scoring system. It identifies individuals who cannot adjust to endoscopic viewing and therefore manipulate from endoscopic images.

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  1. Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee Tayside DD1 9SY, Scotland, GB

    G. B. Hanna, S. Shimi, M. P. Dunkley & A. Cuschieri

  2. Department of Surgery and Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee Tayside DD1 9SY, Scotland, GB

    T. Drew, P. Clinch & B. Hunter

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  1. G. B. Hanna
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Received: 19 March 1996/Accepted: 11 April 1996

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Hanna, G., Drew, T., Clinch, P. et al. A microprocessor-controlled psychomotor tester for minimal access surgery. Surg Endosc 10, 965–969 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900215

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