The VR-OR Study — Proof That Simulation Training Transfers to the Operating Room & The Methodology of Proficiency-Based Progression

Show Me The Evidence · May 25, 2026 · 53m

Guest: Professor Anthony G Gallagher

Topic: The VR-OR Study — Proof That Simulation Training Transfers to the Operating Room & The Methodology of Proficiency-Based Progression

Episode Summary

In this episode, Patrick Kiely sits down with Professor Tony Gallagher to examine two landmark papers that transformed simulation-based surgical training. The first — the 2002 Yale VR-OR study — provided the first prospective randomised blinded proof that virtual reality simulator training transfers directly to improved operating room performance. The second — a 2005 Annals of Surgery paper — provided…