Practice distribution in procedural skills training: A randomized controlled trial

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 957-961

  Mackay, S ^a   Morgan, P ^a   Datta, V ^a   Chang, A ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed practice; Fine motor skills; Massed practice; MIST VR; Practice distribution; Skills training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036267707     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-9132-4     Document Type: Article

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