Proficiency maintenance: Impact of ongoing simulator training on laparoscopic skill retention

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-603

  Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a   Korndorffer Jr , James R ^b   Markley, Sarah ^b   Sierra, Rafael ^b   Scott, Daniel J ^c,d  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SUTURING METHOD; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SURGERY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645323476     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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