Can tonic accommodation predict surgical performance?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 787-790

  Shah, J ^a   Paul, I ^a   Buckley, D ^b   Davis, H ^b   Frisby, J P ^b   Darzi, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MIST VR; Surgical performance; Tonic accommodation; Visual testing

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC ACCOMMODATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION TEST;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0038414832     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9107-0     Document Type: Article

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