Cognitive task analysis for teaching technical skills in an inanimate surgical skills laboratory

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-119

  Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Toutouzas, Konstantinos G ^a   Sillin, Lelan F ^a   Chan, Linda ^b   Clark, Richard E ^c   Theodorou, Demetrios ^a   Maupin, Fredric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Co Univ S CA Med C   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Central vein; Cognition; Cognitive task analysis; Learning; Model; Skill; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0347360144     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2002.12.005     Document Type: Article

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