Jesús Usón-Gargallo, Jesús M Usón-Casaús, Eva M Pérez-Merino, Federico Soria-Gálvez, Esther Morcillo, Silvia Enciso, Francisco M Sánchez-Margallo
This article reports on the face, content, and construct validity of a new realistic composite simulator (Simuldog) used to provide training in canine gastrointestinal flexible endoscopy. The basic endoscopic procedures performed on the simulator were esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), gastric biopsy (GB), and gastric foreign body removal (FBR). Construct validity was assessed by comparing the performance of novices (final-year veterinary students and recent graduates without endoscopic experience, n=30) versus experienced subjects (doctors in veterinary medicine who had performed more than 50 clinical upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures as a surgeon, n=15)...
2014: Journal of Veterinary Medical Education