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Review
. 2015 Feb 26:6:33.
doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.152146. eCollection 2015.

Simulation and resident education in spinal neurosurgery

Parker E Bohm  1 , Paul M Arnold  1
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Review

Simulation and resident education in spinal neurosurgery

Parker E Bohm et al. Surg Neurol Int. .

Abstract

Background: A host of factors have contributed to the increasing use of simulation in neurosurgical resident education. Although the number of simulation-related publications has increased exponentially over the past two decades, no studies have specifically examined the role of simulation in resident education in spinal neurosurgery.

Methods: We performed a structured search of several databases to identify articles detailing the use of simulation in spinal neurosurgery education in an attempt to catalogue potential applications for its use.

Results: A brief history of simulation in medicine is given, followed by current trends of spinal simulation utilization in residency programs. General themes from the literature are identified that are integral for implementing simulation into neurosurgical residency curriculum. Finally, various applications are reported.

Conclusion: The use of simulation in spinal neurosurgery education is not as ubiquitous in comparison to other neurosurgical subspecialties, but many promising methods of simulation are available for augmenting resident education.

Keywords: Neurosurgery; resident education; simulation; training; virtual reality.

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Number of publications regarding simulation in surgical education indexed on PubMed per year. *Results found using the following search query (“Education”[Mesh] AND simulation AND surgery). The “Results by Year” feature on PubMed was used to export the data into Microsoft Excel
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