Conclusion
Overall, this study demonstrates that magnitude of performance improvement on two laparoscopic training skills, bead transfer and threading, among novice surgical trainees over the course of 1 week of training (100 min). Secondly, we showed that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can accelerate motor performance improvements, and that the effect of tDCS was potentially confined to the bead transfer task over the training period examined due to its simplicity compared to the threading task. This work significantly contributes to a growing body of research investigating the effects of neurostimulation on sensory-motor performance and demonstrates laparoscopic simulation training as a fruitful avenue to study motor learning and the effects of neurostimulation on motor skill development.