A human factors analysis of technical and team skills among surgical trainees during procedural simulations in a simulated operating theatre

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-639

  Moorthy, Krishna ^a,b   Munz, Yaron ^a   Adams, Sally ^a   Pandey, Vikas ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; GLOVE; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ATTENTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 27644497606     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000186298.79308.a8     Document Type: Article

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