Verbal feedback from an expert is more effective than self-accessed feedback about motion efficiency in learning new surgical skills

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Porte, Mark C ^a   Xeroulis, George ^b   Reznick, Richard K ^a   Dubrowski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic technical skills; Computer assisted feedback; Motion analysis; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATA DISPLAY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33845562052     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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