Surgical skills assessment: An ongoing debate

BJU International

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 655-660

  Shah, Jyoti ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MOTOR SKILLS; SURGERY; TEACHING MATERIALS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0035788787     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-4096.2001.02424.x     Document Type: Review

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