Acquisition of surgical skills: A randomized trial of didactic, videotape, and computer-based training

Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 330-336

  Summers, Adam N ^a,b,c   Rinehart, Gregory C ^a,b   Simpson, Deborah ^a,b   Redlich, Philip N ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0032870655     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70173-X     Document Type: Article

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