Have you wondered about your colleague's surgical skills?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-82

  Alleman, Anthony M ^a   Al Assaf, Al F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS); Surgical competence; Technical skill; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; PHYSICAL MODEL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SURGEON; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ORAL SURGERY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 17944379751     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860604273746     Document Type: Review

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