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“Acceptability and preliminary face and content validity were demonstrated by the learners in this cohort. We also show evidence that the construct of experience correlated with key performance metrics. The data provide evidence that the dV-Trainer may be appropriate for integration into continuing medical education and residency robotic training curricula.”

Dr. Tom Lendvay et al.

Co-Director of Robotic Surgery

Department of Urology
University of Washington and the Children's Hospital

Excerpt from “Initial validation of a virtual-reality robotic simulator”, Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2008

 

The Gold Standard for Robotic Simulation

 

Mimic’s dV-Trainer™ was the first commercially available simulator for robotic surgery. The first prototype was installed at Indiana University’s Department of Urology in February of 2007, and it remains the only robotic simulator that has been independently validated in published studies.

 

Importance of Validation

 

At Mimic, we understand that independent validation is of utmost importance to our customers. We are proud to say that the dV-Trainer has demonstrated face, content, construct, and concurrent validity in multiple studies. Recent studies have concluded that the dV-Trainer is comparable to dry-lab training on the da Vinci ® robot (concurrent validity), and efforts are underway to assess the predictive validity of the simulator.


Published Validation Studies

 

“Does Training on a Virtual Reality Robotic Simulator Improve Performance on the da Vinci ® Surgical System?”, Journal of Endourology, Volume 24, Number 3, March 2010, by M. Lerner, M. Ayalew, W. Peine,, C. Sundaram

“Face, Content, and Construct Validity of dV-Trainer, a Novel Virtual Reality Simulator for Robotic Surgery", Journal of Urology, Volume 73, Issue 6, June 2009, by P. Kenney, M. Wszolek, J. Gould, J. Libertino, A. Moinzadeh

“Validation of a Novel Virtual Reality Robotic Simulator", Journal of Endourology, Volume 23, Number 3, March 2009, by A. Sethi, W. Peine, Y. Mohammadi, C. Sundaram

“Initial validation of a virtual-reality robotic simulator”, Journal of Robotic Surgery, Volume 2, Number 3, September 2008, by T. Lendvay, P. Casale, R. Sweet, C. Peters



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