Gala 2011.

Trial name or title	An evaluation of validated laparoscopic skills simulators and the impact on operating room performance.
Methods	Randomised clinical trial.
Participants	Ob/Gyn residents in postgraduate years 1 to 4 from ACGME accredited programmes.
Interventions	Group 1: Laparoscopic simulation training (5 x 30‐minute faculty‐directed sessions at the laparoscopic simulator lab). Group 2: Traditional surgical training.
Outcomes	Operative performance.
Starting date	August 2005.
Contact information	Rajiv B Gala, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Notes	This may be the same trial as Gala 2009, a trial excluded because the simulator was not a virtual reality training simulator.

Ob/Gyn = obstetrics and gynaecological trainees
 ACGME = Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
 NOTTS = non‐technical skills for surgeons
 OTAS = observational teamwork assessment for surgery
 TEP = totally extraperitoneal repair