Construct Validity Testing of a Laparoscopic Surgical Simulator

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 779-787

  McDougall, Elspeth M ^a   Corica, Federico A ^a   Boker, John R ^a   Sala, Leandro G ^a   Stoliar, Gabriela ^a   Borin, James F ^a   Chu, Frank T ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURGERY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646085519     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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