Assessing surgery skills through simulation

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-111

  Satava, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 33646779505     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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