A surgical skills laboratory improves residents' knowledge and performance of episiotomy repair

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1463-1467

  Banks, Erika ^a   Pardanani, Setul ^a   King, Mary ^a   Chudnoff, Scott ^a   Damus, Karla ^a   Freda, Margaret Comerford ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Episiotomy repair; Resident education; Surgical skills laboratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EPISIOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LABORATORIES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION;

EID: 33750317863     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.05.041     Document Type: Article

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