The use of lightly embalmed (fresh tissue) cadavers for resident laparoscopic training

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-456

  Levine, Ronald L ^a   Kives, Sari ^b   Cathey, Ginger ^a   Blinchevsky, Alexandra ^a   Acland, Robert ^a   Thompson, Caryn ^c   Pasic, Resad ^a  

^a Women's Health   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver training; Cadavers; Laparoscopic surgical training; Resident training; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING;

CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMBALMING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSTETRICS;

EID: 33748193354     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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