CogInfoCom-Driven Surgical Skill Training and Assessment

Abstract

The systematic assessment and development of human learning capabilities is one of the biggest challenges in applied sciences. It can be observed within the medical domain how evidence-based paradigms are gradually gaining space. In this chapter, the development process of a laparoscopic box trainer is introduced. A sim-ulator including a phantom for prostatectomy is described, which feeds into medical staff training and skill assessment. An overview of laparoscopic surgical simula-tors is provided. Based on the state of the art and our previous experience, a clear need was formulated to develop a partially physical, partially computer-integrated simulator. To gain a better understanding of the cognitive load and physical stress,