The Current Role of Medical Simulation in American Urological Residency Training Programs: An Assessment by Program Directors

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 288-291

  Le, Carter Q ^a   Lightner, Deborah J ^a   VanderLei, Laura ^a   Segura, Joseph W ^a   Gettman, Matthew T ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulation; data collection; education; internship and residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATOR; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UNITED STATES; URETEROSCOPY; VALIDITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 33845334484     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.106     Document Type: Article

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