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 language | English |
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Journal | Simulation in Healthcare |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 241-248 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1559-2332 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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