Basic Laparoscopic Surgical Training: Examination of a Low-Cost Alternative

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1285-1291

  Chandrasekera, Srinath K ^a   Donohue, John F ^a   Orley, David ^a   Barber, Neil J ^a   Shah, Nimish ^a   Bishai, Peter M ^a   Muir, Gordon H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardboard box; Education; Laparoscopy; Pelvic trainer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SKILL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PELVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY;

EID: 33750612398     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.05.052     Document Type: Article

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