Publications
Thomas G, Long S, Kurtzhals T, Connor E, Anderson DD, Karam M, Kowalski H. A Dedicated Simulator Training Curriculum Improves Resident Performance in Surgical Management of Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures. JB JS Open Access. 2023 Sep 11;8(3):e23.00031. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.23.00031. PMID: 37701678; PMCID: PMC10489481.
Long SA, Thomas G, Karam MD, Marsh JL, Anderson DD. Surgical skill can be objectively measured from fluoroscopic images using a novel Image-based Decision Error Analysis (IDEA) score. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2021 Jun 1;479(6):1386–1394. doi.org/10.1097/CORR.0000000000001623.
Thomas GW, Long S, Tatum M, Kowalewski T, Mattioli D, Marsh JL, Kowalski HR, Karam MD, Bechtold JE, Anderson DD. A vision for using simulation and virtual coaching to improve the community practice of orthopedic trauma surgery. Iowa Orthop J 2020;40(1):25-34. PMID: 32742205; PMCID: PMC7368513.
Karam MD, Long SA, Marsh JL, Anderson DD, Thomas GW . Looking Beyond the Tip-Apex Distance to Assess Wire Navigation Performance. American Orthopaedic Association’s (AOA) Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (CORD) Summer 2018 Conference: Top Abstracts, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: January 15, 2020 - Volume 102 - Issue 2 - p e5 doi: 10.2106/JBJS.19.00959
Long SA, Thomas G, Karam MD, Anderson DD. Do skills acquired from training with a wire navigation simulator transfer to a mock operating room environment? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019;477(10):2189-98.
Long S, Thomas GW, Anderson DD. An Extensible Orthopaedic Wire Navigation Simulation Platform. J Med Device. 2019;13(3):031001‐310017. doi:10.1115/1.4043461
Anderson DD, Long S, Thomas GW, Putnam MD, Bechtold JE, Karam MD. Objective Structured Assessments of Technical Skills (OSATS) Does Not Assess the Quality of the Surgical Result Effectively. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016;474(4):874‐881. doi:10.1007/s11999-015-4603-4
Long, S., Thomas, G. W., and Anderson, D. D. (August 1, 2016). "Designing an Affordable Wire Navigation Surgical Simulator." ASME. J. Med. Devices. September 2016; 10(3): 030921. doi:10.1115/1.4033799