The Impact of Immersive Virtual Reality Training in Thyroid Surgery

Participants will use an application in an Immersive Virtual Reality environment. In this module, the participant will be the chief surgeon and will be guided to accomplise the first steps of thyroidectomy: from neck incision until continious neuromonitoring device placement in vagus nerve.

This intervation consists of traditional methods of training. Participants will read specific chapters of a technical book specialised in Endocrine Surgery (Atlas of Thyroid Surgery- Alexander Shifrin). Also, they will be provided with videos of the clinic's archive which will support them with specific surgical steps : neck incision up to Continious Neuromonitoring Device placement on Vagus nerve.