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Table 2 VR trainer basic skills exercises

From: One or two trainees per workplace in a structured multimodality training curriculum for laparoscopic surgery? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial – DRKS00004675

Basic skill

Exercise

Camera manipulation

The 0° and a 30° angled camera is used to locate 10 balls and snap photos of them

Eye-hand coordination

Objects of blue or red colour have to be touched with the respectively colored instrument tips

Clip-application

Ducts have to be clipped to stop the leakage

Clipping/grasping

Leaking ducts need to be safely grasped and then clipped

Two-handed maneuvers

Balls have to be grasped from a jelly mass and placed into a bag with both instruments

Circular cutting

A circular form has to be freed from tissue attachments by cutting with scissors while retracting the form

Electrocautery

Highlighted tissue bands have to be dissected applying hook cautery