Evaluating the Role of Surgical Telementoring in the Acquisition of Surgical Skills in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Khayam Butt   ¹ , MD ;   Laurent Olivier Trichet   ² , MSc ;   Gunnar Hartvigsen   ³ , Prof Dr ;   Ole Sjo   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Bjørn von Gohren Edwin   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Knut-Magne Augestad   ⁶ , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Surgery, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodø, Norway

² Department of Research, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodø, Norway

³ Institute of Informatics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

⁴ Department of Hepatic, Gastrointestinal and Paediatric Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

⁵ The Intervention Center, Medical Faculty, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

⁶ Department of Surgery, Akershus University Hospital, Lillestrøm, Norway