Assessment of basic human performance resources predicts performance of ureteroscopy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-820

  Matsumoto, Edward D ^a   Kondraske, George V ^b   Ogan, Kenneth ^c   Jacomides, Lucas ^d   Wilhelm, David M ^d   Pearle, Margaret S ^d   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Human performance; Skill; Surgery; Training; Ureteroscopy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646586696     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.07.043     Document Type: Article

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