Objective assessment of technical skills in surgery

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7422, 2003, Pages 1032-1037

  Moorthy, Krishna ^a   Munz, Yaron ^a   Sarker, Sudip K ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0242351899     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7422.1032     Document Type: Review

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