Organising a surgical skills centre

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Faculty; Simulation centre; Surgery; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING;

EID: 27744473910     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700500236822     Document Type: Article

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