Association Between Endovascular Performance in a Simulated Setting and in the Catheterization Laboratory

Sune B E W Räder, Ulrik Abildgaard, Erik Jørgensen, Bo Bech, Lars Lönn, Charlotte V Ringsted

6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Simulation-based assessment studies have related simulator performance to clinical experience instead of actual clinical performance. This study validates a novel rating scale for coronary angiography (CA) performance and at the same time explores the association between CA performance in a simulated setting and in the catheterization laboratory.

METHODS: Ten cardiologists and cardiology residents with varying degrees of CA experience performed 2 CAs in the catheterization laboratory and 2 CAs in a simulated setting. The residents had prior simulator experience opposite cardiologists. Two raters assessed the operators' video-recorded performances using the novel CA rating scale (CARS).

RESULTS: The correlation between CARS scores in the catheterization laboratory and the simulated setting was R = 0.20 (P = 0.195). Residents' scores were higher in the simulated setting than in the catheterization laboratory. The correlation between operators' previous clinical experience in CA and CARS scores was R = 0.65 (P = 0.005) in the catheterization laboratory and R = 0.11 (P = 0.353) in the simulated setting.

CONCLUSIONS: The association between CA performance in a simulated setting and actual performance in the catheterization laboratory is not linear. The novel rating scale for CA (CARS) seems to be a valid proficiency assessment instrument in the catheterization laboratory. Familiarity with the simulator may overestimate proficiency, which means that simulator performance as a predictor of clinical performance should be interpreted with caution.

Original languageEnglish
JournalSimulation in Healthcare
Volume9
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)241-248
Number of pages8
ISSN1559-2332
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical Competence
  • Computer Simulation
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Humans
  • Internship and Residency
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • User-Computer Interface
  • Video Recording

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