%0 Journal Article %1 Mackay:2002:ANZ-J-Surg:12269912 %A Mackay, S %A Datta, V %A Mandalia, M %A Bassett, P %A Darzi, A %D 2002 %J ANZ J Surg %K generalsurgery handmotion metrics %N 9 %P 632-634 %T Electromagnetic motion analysis in the assessment of surgical skill: Relationship between time and movement %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/pubmed/?term=Electromagnetic+motion+analysis+in+the+assessment+of+surgical+skill%3A+Relationship+between+time+and+movement %V 72 %X Electromagnetic motion analysis is a promising method of assessing surgical skill in a skills-laboratory setting. There is a very strong correlation between movement and time data, and this study was conducted to determine whether this relationship is fixed, or whether it can vary.: After a pilot study, four subjects were recruited. Each performed 30 trials of a simple standardized suturing task, alternating between 'normal', 'precise', and 'fast' strategies. The number of movements, and time to complete each task were recorded.Comparing the 'fast' to 'normal' strategies, there was a significant decrease in total number of movements per trial (P < 0.001), and time taken (P < 0.001). Regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the time taken and the number of movements, and revealed significant differences between both the fast (P = 0.006), and precise (P = 0.002) strategies, when compared to the normal strategy.This study confirms that the relationship between time and movements is not fixed, but varies with the operative strategy adopted for this simple suturing task.

@article{Mackay:2002:ANZ-J-Surg:12269912, abstract = {Electromagnetic motion analysis is a promising method of assessing surgical skill in a skills-laboratory setting. There is a very strong correlation between movement and time data, and this study was conducted to determine whether this relationship is fixed, or whether it can vary.: After a pilot study, four subjects were recruited. Each performed 30 trials of a simple standardized suturing task, alternating between 'normal', 'precise', and 'fast' strategies. The number of movements, and time to complete each task were recorded.Comparing the 'fast' to 'normal' strategies, there was a significant decrease in total number of movements per trial (P < 0.001), and time taken (P < 0.001). Regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the time taken and the number of movements, and revealed significant differences between both the fast (P = 0.006), and precise (P = 0.002) strategies, when compared to the normal strategy.This study confirms that the relationship between time and movements is not fixed, but varies with the operative strategy adopted for this simple suturing task.}, added-at = {2013-04-12T12:10:30.000+0200}, author = {Mackay, S and Datta, V and Mandalia, M and Bassett, P and Darzi, A}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/220f578a98f39c4148cf55fd96467adb0/stevenarild}, description = {Electromagnetic motion analysis in the assessment... [ANZ J Surg. 2002] - PubMed - NCBI}, interhash = {7b452aef3e07ec737bd3c2e62b8c9300}, intrahash = {20f578a98f39c4148cf55fd96467adb0}, journal = {ANZ J Surg}, keywords = {generalsurgery handmotion metrics}, month = sep, number = 9, pages = {632-634}, pmid = {12269912}, timestamp = {2013-04-12T12:14:48.000+0200}, title = {Electromagnetic motion analysis in the assessment of surgical skill: Relationship between time and movement}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/pubmed/?term=Electromagnetic+motion+analysis+in+the+assessment+of+surgical+skill%3A+Relationship+between+time+and+movement}, volume = 72, year = 2002 }