Evaluating minimally invasive surgery training using low-cost mechanical simulations

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 580-585

  Adrales, G L ^a   Chu, U B ^a   Witzke, D B ^a   Donnelly, M B ^a   Hoskins, D ^a   Mastrangelo Jr , M J ^a   Gandsas, A ^a   Park, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Reliability; Simulations; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST CONTROL; EXPERIENCE; FINGER; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEOTAPE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0037381508     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8841-7     Document Type: Article

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