Spatial ability, experience, and skill in laparoscopic surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-75

  Keehner, Madeleine M ^a,c   Tendick, Frank ^a   Meng, Maxwell V ^b   Anwar, Haroon P ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^c   Stoller, Marshall L ^b   Duh, Quan Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Psychometrics; Skill acquisition; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING; WORK CAPACITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SPACE PERCEPTION; SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 3042667198     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.059     Document Type: Article

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