Objective assessment of visuospatial and psychomotor ability and flow of residents and senior endoscopists in simulated gastroscopy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 895-899

  Enochsson, L ^a   Westman, B ^a   Ritter, E M ^b   Hedman, L ^c   Kjellin, A ^a   Wredmark, T ^d   Fellander Tsai L ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CLINTEC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastroscopy; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ERROR; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744742669     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0593-8     Document Type: Article

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