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Embracing Game Technology  for Medical Education ROGER SMITH Chief Technology Officer US Army PEO STRI http://www.peostri.army.mil/CTO Approved for Public Release.  Security and OPSEC Review Completed: No Issues.
Sim One (1967):  Computers and Mechanics Denson JS, Abrahamson S. A computer-controlled patient simulator.  Journal of the American Medical Association  1969; 208:504–8.
MIST-VR (1995+) Graphics and Virtual Reality
Growing Issue in Medical Education Medical procedures are becoming more numerous and more complex – medical knowledge has “hypertrophied”  (Cooke, et al, New England J Med, 2006) Training residents to a common level of knowledge and competence is already impossible  (conversations with Satava, 2008)
“ The Perfect Storm”  (Murphy, J of Critical Care, 2007) Risk to patient health.  (McDougall, 2007) Cost is a barrier to training.  (Bridges, 1999) Availability of training opportunities.  (Birden, 2007; Davis, 1999) Access to training.  (Dunkin, 2007; Spitzer, 1997) Limited working hours.  (Satava, 2004) Ethics of practicing on patients.  (Satava, 2004; Murphy, 2007) Expectations around computer technologies.  (Murphy, 2007) Insurance coverage of educational actions.  (Satava, 2004) Volume of unique procedures.  (Reznick & MacRae, 2006)   Complexity of modern surgery.  (McDougall, 2007) Quality of VR technology.  (Murphy, 2007) Professional Acceptance.  (Ziv, 2003) Learning from Mistakes.  (Ziv, 2005) Proficiency-based Medicine.  (Murray, 2005)
The Next Step in Training Human Animal Box Trainer Mannequin Simulator VR/Game Tech
21 st  Century Simulation 3D  Graphics VR Immersive Sim Game Technology 1980’s 1990’s 1990’s 2000’s “ Nothing endures but change” – Heraclitus, 5 th  Century BC
Game Technology:  the more successful son of VR Hermann Albert Physical Models AI Network Persist ence 3D Engine GUI Game Tech Core
Powerful Motivations Motive 1: Lower Cost  Motive 2: Better Access to Symptoms/Cases  Motive 3: Reduced Training Time Motive 4: Reduced Errors Similar for Military, Industrial, and Medical Training
Motive 1: Lower Cost Teaching students in the OR requires a longer surgery time.  (Bridges & Diamond, 1999)  Accumulates to 186 hours over a 4 year residency  The facilities and personnel could be applied to additional revenue generating procedures.  (Bridges & Diamond, 1999)  Estimate the cost of using the operating room at $257.40 per hour.  Adds $47,970 to the cost of medical education.  Conflicting OR Cost Estimates Cost of the operating room is $1,500 per hour  (Frost & Sullivan, 2004)  Swedish operating room costs $1,000 per hour  (Hyltander, 2003)  Rule of Thumb “$250 per 15 minutes”  (Satava, 2008) Residency Cost may be $186,363 to $279,545
M1: Return on Investment Derived from Frost & Sullivan 2004 Category Description Fixed Cost Recurring Over Residency  (4 Years) After Residency (5th Year) Total over 5 Years Investment AccuTouch Simulator (72,000) (18,664) 0  (90,664)     Time Savings Instructor time 23,040  0  23,040    Additional Procedures 0  114,400  114,400  Reduction in Errors Complications 0  0  0    Cancellations 13,600  0  13,600  Faster Time to Competence Residents generating revenue 78,000  0  78,000  Equipment Breakage Reduction due to better training 5,428  5,428  10,856  Other Financial Benefits Reduction in alternative training 4,400  0  4,400    Revenue from selling time on simulator 93,000  0  93,000    Total Cost/Benefit (72,000) 198,804  119,828  246,632
Motive 2: Better Access “ The traditional Halstedian apprenticeship model of  ‘see one, do one, teach one’ is no longer adequate  to train surgeons, since good laparoscopic skills cannot be developed by merely watching an expert.  Laparoscopic proficiency is only realized after sufficient practice in the minimally invasive environment. To this end, a variety of approaches have been developed to teach laparoscopic skills outside of the operating room; these methods include practicing on animal models or artificial tissues, training boxes, and virtual reality simulators.”  (Pearson et al, 2002) In laparoscopy, “see one” does not contribute to the learning process.  Learning begins with “do one”   (Jordan et al, 2001; Gallagher et al, 2001b; Madan & Frantzides, 2007).
M2: Better Access to Symptoms Proficiency is reached after 10 to 30 surgeries . Under current teaching methods these occur on animals and live patients. VR systems allow these to be moved off of patients  (Grantcharov et al, 2003b and 2004; MacFadyen et al, 1998). Repeated practice of procedures, standardized tasks, and objective measurements are all lacking or limited in traditional OR-based training  (Grantcharov et al, 2003b and 2004).  In laparoscopy, observation does little to convey the skills that must be mastered. Only actual practice has been effective at this  (Jordan et al, 2001; Gallagher et al, 2001b; Madan & Frantzides, 2007).
Motive 3: Reduced Time VR systems can differentiate experienced from inexperienced subjects based on their performance scores  (Adamsen et al, 2005).  MIST-VR simulator can determine which students would never achieve proficiency in laparoscopy and should be dropped from a training program  (Gallagher et al, 2004).   Non-VR trained students are  nine times  more likely to fail to make progress in their performance than those who use VR in their training  (Seymour, 2002).   Students trained in VR are  29% faster  at performing laparoscopic surgeries  (Enochsson et al, 2004; and Seymour, 2002).
Motive 4: Reduced Errors “ There is no excuse for the surgeon to learn on the patient.”  (William J. Mayo, 1927).   Laparoscopic surgery has an error rate  three times higher  than open surgery. Error rate has  not decreased  over eight years of data.  (Huang et al, 2005).   VR systems can improve performance because surgeons become familiar with the appearance of organs and tissue in a 2D environment  (Huang et al, 2005).   Students trained in VR make up to  five times fewer mistakes  (Enochsson et al, 2004; and Seymour, 2002).
Conclusion There is more evidence that training with computer graphics, VR, and game technology improves medical education than there is for all of military training We spend billions of dollars on this technology for the military  We bet soldiers’ lives on it There is more evidence that it works in medicine
References (1) Cooke, M., Irby, D., Sullivan, W., & Ludmerer, K. (2006, September 28). American medical education 100 years after the Flexner report.  The New England Journal Of Medicine ,  355 (13), 1339-1344.  Denson JS, Abrahamson S. A computer-controlled patient simulator.  Journal of the American Medical Association  1969; 208:504–8.  Satava, R. (2004a, May 19). Disruptive visions: surgical education.  Surgical Endoscopy , 18(5), 779-781. Murphy, J., Torsher, L., & Dunn, W. (2007, March). Simulation medicine in intensive care and coronary care education.  Journal Of Critical Care , 22(1), 51-55. Murray, D., Boulet, J., Kras, J., Woodhouse, J., Cox, T., & McAllister, J. (2004, November). Acute care skills in anesthesia practice: a simulation-based resident performance assessment.  Anesthesiology , 101(5), 1084-1095. McDougall, E. (2007, March). Validation of surgical simulators.  Journal Of Endourology / Endourological Society , 21(3), 244-247. Reznick, R.K. and MacRae, H. (2006, December 21). Teaching surgical skills – changes in the wind.  New England Journal of Medicine , 355(25), 2664-2669.  Ziv, A., Ben-David, S., & Ziv, M. (2005, May).  Simulation based medical education: an opportunity to learn from errors.  Medical Teacher , 27(3), 193-199. Ziv, A., Wolpe, P., Small, S., & Glick, S. (2003, August). Simulation-based medical education: an ethical imperative.  Academic Medicine: Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges , 78(8), 783-788.  Spitzer, V. (1997, Autumn). The visible human: a new language for communication in health care education.  Caduceus , 13(2), 42-48.  Dunkin, B., Adrales, G., Apelgren, K., & Mellinger, J. (2007, March 16).  Surgical simulation: a current review.  Surgical Endoscopy ,  21 (3), 357-366. Davis D, Thomson M, O’Brien M, et al. (1999) Impact of formal continuing medical education: do conferences, workshops, rounds and other traditional continuing education activities change physician behaviour or health care outcomes.  Journal of the American Medical Association , 282, 867–74.
References (2) Birden, H. and Page, S. (2007, August). 21 st  century medical education.  Australian Health Review , 31(3), 341-350. Hyltander, A. (2003, June). Simulation as a teaching alternative: Utopia or reality.  CAL-aborate , 10. Retrieved May 1, 2008 from http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/callab/vol10/hyltand.html. Frost & Sullivan. (2004). Return on investment study for medical simulation training: Immersion Medical, Inc. Laparoscopy AccuTouch System. Industrial research report available at: http://www.immersion.com/medical/products/laparoscopy/roi/FS_IMMRmed_laparoscopy_ROI_V2.pdf Gallagher, H., Allan, J., & Tolley, D. (2001b, November). Spatial awareness in urologists: are they different?.  BJU International ,  88 (7), 666-670.  Grantcharov, T., Bardram, L., Funch-Jensen, P., & Rosenberg, J. (2003b, July 6). Impact of hand dominance, gender, and experience with computer games on performance in virtual reality laparoscopy.  Surgical Endoscopy ,  17 (7), 1082-1085.  Jordan, J., Gallagher, A., McGuigan, J., & McClure, N. (2001, October). Virtual reality training leads to faster adaptation to the novel psychomotor restrictions encountered by laparoscopic surgeons.  Surgical Endoscopy ,  15 (10), 1080-1084.  Madan, A., & Frantzides, C. (2007, January). Substituting virtual reality trainers for inanimate box trainers does not decrease laparoscopic skills acquisition.  JSLS: Journal Of The Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons / Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ,  11 (1), 87-89.  MacFadyen, B., Vecchio, R., Ricardo, A., & Mathis, C. (1998, April). Bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The United States experience.  Surgical Endoscopy ,  12 (4), 315-321.  Brunner, W., Korndorffer, J., Sierra, R., Dunne, J., Yau, C., Corsetti, R., et al. (2005, January). Determining standards for laparoscopic proficiency using virtual reality.  The American Surgeon ,  71 (1), 29-35.  McClusky, D., Ritter, E., Lederman, A., Gallagher, A., & Smith, C. (2005, January). Correlation between perceptual, visuo-spatial, and psychomotor aptitude to duration of training required to reach performance goals on the MIST-VR surgical simulator.  The American Surgeon ,  71 (1), 13.
References (3) Bridges, M., & Diamond, D. (1999, January). The financial impact of teaching surgical residents in the operating room.  American Journal Of Surgery ,  177 (1), 28-32.  Grantcharov, T., Kristiansen, V., Bendix, J., Bardram, L., Rosenberg, J., & Funch-Jensen, P. (2004, February). Randomized clinical trial of virtual reality simulation for laparoscopic skills training.  The British Journal Of Surgery ,  91 (2), 146-150.  Adamsen, S., Funch-Jensen, P., Drewes, A., Rosenberg, J., & Grantcharov, T. (2005, February 2). A comparative study of skills in virtual laparoscopy and endoscopy.  Surgical Endoscopy ,  19 (2), 229-234.  Enochsson, L., Isaksson, B., Tour, R., Kjellin, A., Hedman, L., Wredmark, T., et al. (2004, November). Visuospatial skills and computer game experience influence the performance of virtual endoscopy.  Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery: Official Journal Of The Society For Surgery Of The Alimentary Tract ,  8 (7), 876.  Seymour, N., Gallagher, A., Roman, S., O'Brien, M., Bansal, V., Andersen, D., et al. (2002, October). Virtual reality training improves operating room performance: results of a randomized, double-blinded study.  Annals Of Surgery ,  236 (4), 458.  Huang, J., Payandeh, S., Doris, P., & Hajshirmohammadi, I. (2005). Fuzzy classification: towards evaluating performance on a surgical simulator.  Studies In Health Technology And Informatics ,  111 , 194-200.  Institute of Medicine (1999).  To err is human: Building a safer health system . Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.  Eastridge, B., Hamilton, E., O'Keefe, G., Rege, R., Valentine, R., Jones, D., et al. (2003, August). Effect of sleep deprivation on the performance of simulated laparoscopic surgical skill.  American Journal Of Surgery ,  186 (2), 169-174.
For the Complete Study “ Investigating the Disruptive Effect of Computer Game Technologies on Medical Education and Training” Roger Smith, August 2008 http://www.modelbenders.com/papers/RSmith_Maryland_Dissertation.pdf
Embracing Game Technology for Medical Education
Expert in 10,000 Hours How big is 10,000 hours? (8hr/day, 50 wks/year) = 1250 days = 25 years (16 hr/day, 50 wk/yr) = 625 days = 12.5 years
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Embracing Game Technology for Medical Education

  • 1. Embracing Game Technology for Medical Education ROGER SMITH Chief Technology Officer US Army PEO STRI http://www.peostri.army.mil/CTO Approved for Public Release. Security and OPSEC Review Completed: No Issues.
  • 2. Sim One (1967): Computers and Mechanics Denson JS, Abrahamson S. A computer-controlled patient simulator. Journal of the American Medical Association 1969; 208:504–8.
  • 3. MIST-VR (1995+) Graphics and Virtual Reality
  • 4. Growing Issue in Medical Education Medical procedures are becoming more numerous and more complex – medical knowledge has “hypertrophied” (Cooke, et al, New England J Med, 2006) Training residents to a common level of knowledge and competence is already impossible (conversations with Satava, 2008)
  • 5. “ The Perfect Storm” (Murphy, J of Critical Care, 2007) Risk to patient health. (McDougall, 2007) Cost is a barrier to training. (Bridges, 1999) Availability of training opportunities. (Birden, 2007; Davis, 1999) Access to training. (Dunkin, 2007; Spitzer, 1997) Limited working hours. (Satava, 2004) Ethics of practicing on patients. (Satava, 2004; Murphy, 2007) Expectations around computer technologies. (Murphy, 2007) Insurance coverage of educational actions. (Satava, 2004) Volume of unique procedures. (Reznick & MacRae, 2006) Complexity of modern surgery. (McDougall, 2007) Quality of VR technology. (Murphy, 2007) Professional Acceptance. (Ziv, 2003) Learning from Mistakes. (Ziv, 2005) Proficiency-based Medicine. (Murray, 2005)
  • 6. The Next Step in Training Human Animal Box Trainer Mannequin Simulator VR/Game Tech
  • 7. 21 st Century Simulation 3D Graphics VR Immersive Sim Game Technology 1980’s 1990’s 1990’s 2000’s “ Nothing endures but change” – Heraclitus, 5 th Century BC
  • 8. Game Technology: the more successful son of VR Hermann Albert Physical Models AI Network Persist ence 3D Engine GUI Game Tech Core
  • 9. Powerful Motivations Motive 1: Lower Cost Motive 2: Better Access to Symptoms/Cases Motive 3: Reduced Training Time Motive 4: Reduced Errors Similar for Military, Industrial, and Medical Training
  • 10. Motive 1: Lower Cost Teaching students in the OR requires a longer surgery time. (Bridges & Diamond, 1999) Accumulates to 186 hours over a 4 year residency The facilities and personnel could be applied to additional revenue generating procedures. (Bridges & Diamond, 1999) Estimate the cost of using the operating room at $257.40 per hour. Adds $47,970 to the cost of medical education. Conflicting OR Cost Estimates Cost of the operating room is $1,500 per hour (Frost & Sullivan, 2004) Swedish operating room costs $1,000 per hour (Hyltander, 2003) Rule of Thumb “$250 per 15 minutes” (Satava, 2008) Residency Cost may be $186,363 to $279,545
  • 11. M1: Return on Investment Derived from Frost & Sullivan 2004 Category Description Fixed Cost Recurring Over Residency (4 Years) After Residency (5th Year) Total over 5 Years Investment AccuTouch Simulator (72,000) (18,664) 0 (90,664)     Time Savings Instructor time 23,040 0 23,040   Additional Procedures 0 114,400 114,400 Reduction in Errors Complications 0 0 0   Cancellations 13,600 0 13,600 Faster Time to Competence Residents generating revenue 78,000 0 78,000 Equipment Breakage Reduction due to better training 5,428 5,428 10,856 Other Financial Benefits Reduction in alternative training 4,400 0 4,400   Revenue from selling time on simulator 93,000 0 93,000   Total Cost/Benefit (72,000) 198,804 119,828 246,632
  • 12. Motive 2: Better Access “ The traditional Halstedian apprenticeship model of ‘see one, do one, teach one’ is no longer adequate to train surgeons, since good laparoscopic skills cannot be developed by merely watching an expert. Laparoscopic proficiency is only realized after sufficient practice in the minimally invasive environment. To this end, a variety of approaches have been developed to teach laparoscopic skills outside of the operating room; these methods include practicing on animal models or artificial tissues, training boxes, and virtual reality simulators.” (Pearson et al, 2002) In laparoscopy, “see one” does not contribute to the learning process. Learning begins with “do one” (Jordan et al, 2001; Gallagher et al, 2001b; Madan & Frantzides, 2007).
  • 13. M2: Better Access to Symptoms Proficiency is reached after 10 to 30 surgeries . Under current teaching methods these occur on animals and live patients. VR systems allow these to be moved off of patients (Grantcharov et al, 2003b and 2004; MacFadyen et al, 1998). Repeated practice of procedures, standardized tasks, and objective measurements are all lacking or limited in traditional OR-based training (Grantcharov et al, 2003b and 2004). In laparoscopy, observation does little to convey the skills that must be mastered. Only actual practice has been effective at this (Jordan et al, 2001; Gallagher et al, 2001b; Madan & Frantzides, 2007).
  • 14. Motive 3: Reduced Time VR systems can differentiate experienced from inexperienced subjects based on their performance scores (Adamsen et al, 2005). MIST-VR simulator can determine which students would never achieve proficiency in laparoscopy and should be dropped from a training program (Gallagher et al, 2004). Non-VR trained students are nine times more likely to fail to make progress in their performance than those who use VR in their training (Seymour, 2002). Students trained in VR are 29% faster at performing laparoscopic surgeries (Enochsson et al, 2004; and Seymour, 2002).
  • 15. Motive 4: Reduced Errors “ There is no excuse for the surgeon to learn on the patient.” (William J. Mayo, 1927). Laparoscopic surgery has an error rate three times higher than open surgery. Error rate has not decreased over eight years of data. (Huang et al, 2005). VR systems can improve performance because surgeons become familiar with the appearance of organs and tissue in a 2D environment (Huang et al, 2005). Students trained in VR make up to five times fewer mistakes (Enochsson et al, 2004; and Seymour, 2002).
  • 16. Conclusion There is more evidence that training with computer graphics, VR, and game technology improves medical education than there is for all of military training We spend billions of dollars on this technology for the military We bet soldiers’ lives on it There is more evidence that it works in medicine
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  • 20. For the Complete Study “ Investigating the Disruptive Effect of Computer Game Technologies on Medical Education and Training” Roger Smith, August 2008 http://www.modelbenders.com/papers/RSmith_Maryland_Dissertation.pdf
  • 22. Expert in 10,000 Hours How big is 10,000 hours? (8hr/day, 50 wks/year) = 1250 days = 25 years (16 hr/day, 50 wk/yr) = 625 days = 12.5 years
  • 23. Learning Curve Massed Learning Reinforcing Learning Cliff Notch time Proficiency