Implementation of an educational program for pancreaticoduodenectomy in a university hospital: a retrospective observational study. Issue 2 (4th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Satoi, Sohei; Yamamoto, Tomohisa; Yamaki, So; Hirooka, Satoshi; Hashimoto, Daisuke; Sakaguchi, Tatsuma; Ryota, Hironori; Yui, Rintaro; Sakuramoto, Kazuto; Matsushima, Hideyuki; Yanagimoto, Hiroaki; Toyokawa, Hideyoshi; Michiura, Taku; Inoue, Kentaro; Sekimoto, Mitsugu
• Is Part Of: Journal of pancreatology. Volume 4:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 99
• Page End: 105
• Publication Date: 2021-06-04
• Subjects: Educational program -- Morbidity -- Mortality -- OSATS -- Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Pancreas -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Pancreas -- Diseases; Electronic journals; Electronic journal; Periodicals; 616.37005
• DOI: 10.1097/JP9.0000000000000070
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2096-5664

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: No ideal training system exists for pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). We developed an educational system that uses an objective structured assessment of technical skills. Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted using the data of consecutive trainees and patients who underwent PD from 2007 to 2013 in Kansai Medical University Hospital. The total score on the task checklist (21 parameters) for measuring technical performance during PD by self assessment and instructor assessment was compared between junior (JN) and hepatobiliary pancreatic (HBP) trainees at a university hospital. Surgical outcomes of 303 PDs (2007–2013) were also compared among JN trainees, HBP trainees, and instructors, and the present position of the trainees was investigated. This study was approved by the institutional review board of Kansai Medical University on May 26, 2020. Results: The self-assessment score on the task checklist was significantly higher for the HBP trainees than for the JN trainees on all parts of PD ( P < .001). The discrepancy between self-assessment and instructor assessment improved in 3 JN trainees after experience with the first 5 PDs. Although total score curves rose to the right in the JN group, scores in the HBP group were stable, at 70 or higher, which correlated with the instructor assessment. The 90-day and 30-day mortality rates were 1.6% and 0.3%, respectively. Mortality and morbidity after PD did not differ between the JN and HBP trainees or between the instructors and the trainees. Four of 10 trainees became board-certified expert surgeons of the Japanese Society of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery. Conclusion: These results indicated good construct validity of the task checklist system. This program was safely and effectively implemented in terms of surgical outcomes and final outcomes of trainees becoming board-certified expert surgeons.