The role of simulation in surgical training

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 88-94

  Torkington, J ^a   Smith, S G T ^a   Rees, B I ^b   Darzi, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Simulation; Surgical training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 0034053303     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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