Özkan, M. Turgut AlperYener, Ali ÜmitÖzcan, SedatBekler, AdemToman, HüseyinSaçar, Mustafa2025-01-272025-01-2720151306-8814https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/14144Heart-lung machine, used in open heart surgeries performed in cardiovascular surgery department, has been managed by professional groups defined as perfusionists. The preparation for the operation of the heart-lung machine used during open heart surgery, running the machine during operation, monitoring, maintenance, crisis management and use of the machine in a harmony with the team during cardiac surgery require a certain knowledge and experience. We aimed to evaluate the contribution of theoretical and practical training with the support of a heart-lung machine simulator to skills of the students during the associate degree program. First term perfusion undergraduate students who took the same curriculum and took same number of total practical lessons in different years were included in the study. Between 2012-2013, 18 students following 1st term curriculum who had taken practical training in the operating room (Group 1) and between 2013-2014, 18 students following 1st term curriculum who had taken practical training in the simulation laboratory (Group 2), were tested in 50 parameters through knowledge (17), skills (17) and attitude (16). Group 1 was successful in 40.72 ± 3.58 parameters of the 50 parameters, and Group 2 was successful in 42.17 ± 3.55 parameters of the 50 parameters. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (p> 0.05). In our study, we evaluated the effect of simulation training with the system we created , and we observed no significant difference between two groups. © 2015, Anatolian Journal of Clinical Investigation. All rights reserved.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCardiopulmonary bypass; Heart-Lung Machine; Perfusionists; SimulatorArticle912152182-s2.0-84928008672N/A