A randomized, prospective blinded study validating the acquisition of ureteroscopy skills using a computer based virtual reality endourological simulator

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1928-1932

  Watterson, James D ^a   Beiko, Darren T ^a   Kuan, James K ^a   Denstedt, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Education, medical; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOUROLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; URETEROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036837637     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64265-6     Document Type: Article

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