Neurosurgery is maybe one of the vital demanding professions in healthcare. Surgeons spend long hours performing operations where expert performance means the difference between a great and bad patient final result. While operative injuries are rare, after they occur, they will have serious, and lifelong consequences.
Researchers on the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University are striving to enhance brain surgery training by designing real-time, intelligent tutors powered by AI. These systems are designed to mimic the role of human surgical instructors in brain surgical training. Intelligent tutors help the learner acquire excellent operative skills by constantly assessing hand movements during simulated brain procedures and providing personalized verbal feedback…
Educating the following generation of neurosurgeons is a protracted, expensive, and sophisticated process. AI and simulation hold the potential to make the educational process easier while maintaining or enhancing the standard of graduating neurosurgeons’ skills.
Their most up-to-date study was the primary randomized controlled trial comparing AI intelligent tutor instruction with human expert human instruction during simulated surgery. They divided 97 medical trainees into three groups, either receiving real-time AI feedback, in-person expert instruction or no real-time feedback.
The trainees who received AI instruction performed significantly higher than those that received expert instruction and no real-time instruction. The study found that expert instruction alone led to poorer surgical learning outcomes. By employing their extensive expertise and the brand new opportunities provided by AI, surgical educators can provide latest possibilities for learners to achieve their potential as excellent surgeons.
“This study suggests the long run of instruction within the operating room may involve human educators utilizing the capability of AI to further enhance learner surgical skills acquisition,” says Dr. Rolando Del Maestro, Director, Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre
