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In the previous chapters, we discussed the reasons why certain types of surgical skills such as those for laparoscopic surgery are difficult to learn. The processes of skill acquisition for laparoscopic surgery, are precisely the same processes involved in skill acquisition per se. Skill acquisition can occur coincidently (but not necessarily efficiently or optimally). For at least a century, surgery has had the luxury of being able to acquire the required operative skills by operating on real people over a lengthy period of time (e.g., duration of training in the UK and Ireland is about 13 years).
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Gallagher, A.G., O’Sullivan, G.C., O’Sullivan, G.C. (2011). Simulation In and For Medicine: Where Next?. In: Fundamentals of Surgical Simulation. Improving Medical Outcome - Zero Tolerance. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-763-1_11
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