Video Playback as an Educational Tool for Improving Resident Laparoscopic Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial

In this single-masked randomized controlled study, we evaluate whether watching video recordings of oneself performing Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Skills (FLS) exercises results in an improvement on the 30-point Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) assessment among Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) residents. Twenty-three Ob/Gyn residents in the 2020–2021 academic year completed the FLS exercises while being timed, video recorded, and receiving real-time feedback from an Ob/Gyn faculty member. Baseline GOALS assessment was completed by participants and faculty. After the intervention, all participants then repeated the FLS exercises while being timed and were again scored using the GOALS assessment. Each participant completed the study in a single session. In addition, all participants completed a pre- and post-test survey. University of Louisville Laparoscopic Skills Labortaory. University of Louisville Ob/Gyn residents in the 2020–2021 academic year. Twelve participants were randomized to the intervention and were allowed to watch their video recording in addition to receiving verbal feedback whereas the remaining 11 received verbal feedback only. There were significant improvements in faculty (p