Emily R Youner, Yeshwant R Chillakuru, Helen Xu, Matthew Dedmon, Robert Labadie, Hamid Djalilian, Hossein Mahboubi, Brian Westerberg, Yona Vaisbuch, Nikolas Blevins, Joseph Chen, Vincent Lin, Morgan G Joyce, Paola X Moncada, Sasan Dabiri, Richard K Gurgel, Ali Kouhi, Ashkan S Monfared
OBJECTIVE: After demonstration of face validity of a surgical middle ear simulator (SMS) previously, we assessed the content validity of the simulator with otolaryngology residents. STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter randomized prospective international study. SETTING: Four academic institutions. METHODS: Novice participants were randomized into control, low-fidelity (LF), and high-fidelity (HF) groups. Control and LF produced 2 recordings from 2 attempts, and HF produced 4 recordings from 10 attempts, with trials 1, 4, 7, and 10 used for scoring...
August 16, 2023: Otology & Neurotology