The efficacy of a medical virtual reality simulator for training phlebotomy

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-84

  Scerbo, Mark W ^a   Bliss, James P ^a   Schmidt, Elizabeth A ^a   Thompson, Sommer N ^a,b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Landmark Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY; SIMULATORS; STUDENTS;

MEDICAL SIMULATORS; PHLEBOTOMY; SIMULATED LIMBS; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIMB; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHLEBOTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33646377399     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006776412171     Document Type: Article

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