The MISTELS program to measure technical skill in laparoscopic surgery: Evidence for reliability

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 744-747

  Vassiliou, M C ^a   Ghitulescu, G A ^a   Feldman, L S ^a   Stanbridge, D ^a   Leffondre K ^b   Sigman, H H ^a   Fried, G M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Evaluation; Laparoscopic training; Reliability; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MCGILL INANIMATE SYSTEM FOR TRAINING AND EVALUATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 33745519433     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-3008-y     Document Type: Article

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