Laparoscopic skills training and assessment

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1549-1558

  Aggarwal, R ^a,b   Moorthy, K ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGERY;

EID: 10244230937     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4816     Document Type: Review

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