Assessment of innate ability and skills for endoscopic manipulations by the advanced dundee endoscopic psychomotor tester: Predictive and concurrent validity

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 274-277

  MacMillan, Alasdair I M ^a   Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY;

EID: 0032915903     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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