Learning and retaining simulated arthroscopic meniscal repair skills.

Journal article

Previous studies of task-specific skills have suggested that a loss of technical performance occurs if the skill is not practiced for a six-month period. The aims of this study were to objectively demonstrate the learning curve for a complex arthroscopic task (meniscal repair) by means of motion analysis and to determine the impact of task repetition on the retention of this skill.Nineteen orthopaedic residents with experience in routine knee arthroscopy but not in arthroscopic meniscal repai...

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Authors: Jackson, W; Khan, T; Alvand, A; Al-Ali, S; Gill, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 17
• Pages: e132
• Publication date: 2012-09-01
• DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01438
• EISSN: 1535-1386
• ISSN: 0021-9355
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Clinical Competence; Computer Simulation; Learning Curve; Orthopedics; Retention (Psychology); Cohort Studies; Arthroscopy; Internship and Residency; Adult; Male; Menisci, Tibial; Statistics, Nonparametric; Humans; Knee Injuries; Task Performance and Analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Education, Medical, Graduate