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Dimitris Stefanidis
Researcher at Tulane University
Publications - 6
Citations - 648
Dimitris Stefanidis is an academic researcher from Tulane University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Basic skills & Psychomotor learning. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications receiving 634 citations. Previous affiliations of Dimitris Stefanidis include Carolinas Healthcare System.
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Simulator Training for Laparoscopic Suturing Using Performance Goals Translates to the Operating Room
James R. Korndorffer,J. Bruce Dunne,Rafael Sierra,Dimitris Stefanidis,Cheri L. Touchard,Daniel J. Scott +5 more
TL;DR: Data suggest that training to a predetermined expert level on a videotrainer suture model provides trainees with skills that translate into improved operative performance and such curricula should be further developed and implemented as a means of ensuring proficiency.
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Laparoscopic skills laboratories: current assessment and a call for resident training standards.
TL;DR: Strategies are needed for more widespread implementation of skills labs, and standards should be developed to facilitate uniform adoption of validated curricula that reliably maximize training efficiency and educational benefit.
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The American College of Surgeons/Association of Program Directors in Surgery National Skills Curriculum: Adoption rate, challenges and strategies for effective implementation into surgical residency programs
James R. Korndorffer,Sonal Arora,Nick Sevdalis,John T. Paige,David A. McClusky,Dimitris Stefanidis +5 more
TL;DR: Despite the availability of a comprehensive curriculum, its diffusion into general surgery residency programs remains low and addressing issues relating to personnel, learner, and administrative issues may improve the adoption rate of the curriculum.
Association for Surgical Education Laparoscopic skills laboratories: current assessment and a call for resident training standards
TL;DR: A survey was conducted by as mentioned in this paper to evaluate the prevalence, utilization, and costs of skills laboratories currently in use for laparoscopic skills training using simulator-based laboratories and found that only 55% of general surgery programs have skills labs.