Tara N Cohen, Jennifer T Anger, Falisha F Kanji, Jennifer Zamudio, Elise DeForest, Connor Lusk, Ray Avenido, Christine Yoshizawa, Stephanie Bartkowicz, Lynne S Nemeth, Ken Catchpole
INTRODUCTION: There is ongoing interest in the development of technical and nontechnical skills in healthcare to improve safety and efficiency; however, barriers to developing and delivering related training programs make them difficult to implement. Unique approaches to training such as "serious games" may offer ways to motivate teams, reinforce skill acquisition, and promote teamwork. Given increased challenges to teamwork in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), researchers aimed to develop the "RAS Olympics," a game-based educational competition to improve skills needed to successfully perform RAS...
July 6, 2022: Journal of Patient Safety