Coronary Artery Training

This project is already assigned.

Background

Currently, knowledge about angiography of coronary arteries is taught using simulators and through frontal teaching. Simulators such as the Angio Mentor ( ANGIO Mentor - Simbionix, n.d.) or CAE CathLabVR ( CathLabVR Cardiac Surgical Simulator - CAE Healthcare, n.d.) allow physicians to practice placing a cardiac catheter without endangering the patient. Supervised use of cardiac catheterization simulators shows that the skills learned can help with a real procedure. In particular, physicians without experience can greatly benefit from them (Bagai et al., 2012). However, simulators are very costly and not mobile to be borrowed. Therefore, the question arises whether some of the simulation can be used from home to allow for more flexible and intensive learning.

Tasks

The task is to become familiar with the topic and the existing work. Furthermore, the interactive app is to be further developed, evaluated, and a didactic training is to be performed using the app. Finally, the results are to be evaluated and presented. Evaluation and training will be the main part of the project.

Prerequisites

Required:

Introduction to Programming
Statistics 1 and 2
Usability and Software Ergonomics
Research Methods

Advantageous:

Interest in the cooperation with the University Hospital Würzburg

Cooperation

N. Petri, W. Voelker - Medizinische Klinik I, UKW

Cooperation Partners

Prof. Dr. med. Wolfram Voelker
Head of the interdisciplinary training and simulation center, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (UKW)
Dr. med. Nils Petri
Cardiology, assistant physician, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (UKW)

Contact Persons at the University Würzburg

Rebecca Hein (Primary Contact Person)
Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Universität Würzburg
rebecca.hein@uni-wuerzburg.de

Andrea Bartl
Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Universität Würzburg
andrea.bartl@uni-wuerzburg.de

Marc Erich Latoschik
Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Universität Würzburg
marc.latoschik@uni-wuerzburg.de

References

ANGIO Mentor - Simbionix. (n. d.). available 27. Mai 2020: https://simbionix.com/simulators/angio-mentor/.

Bagai, A., O’Brien, S., Al Lawati, H., Goyal, P., Ball, W., Grantcharov, T. & Fam, N. (2012). Mentored simulation training improves procedural skills in cardiac catheterization: a randomized, controlled pilot study. Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions, 5 (5), 672–679. https://doi.org/10.1161/.

CathLabVR cardiac surgical simulator - CAE healthcare [Library Catalog: caehealthcare.com]. (n. d.). available 27. Mai 2020: https://caehealthcare.com/surgical-simulation/cathlabvr/.

Coro3d – CATHI [Library Catalog: cathi.de]. (n. d.). Verfügbar 27. Mai 2020 unter https://cathi.de/en/products/coro3d.