Assessment of basic endoscopic performance using a virtual reality simulator

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 675-681

  Wilhelm, David M ^a,b   Ogan, Kenneth ^a,b   Roehrborn, Claus G ^a,b   Cadeddu, Jeffery A ^a,b   Pearle, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIMULATOR; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; URINARY CALCULI; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036843421     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01346-7     Document Type: Article

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