Attempted establishment of proficiency levels for laparoscopic performance on a national scale using simulation: The results from the 2004 SAGES Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer-Virtual Reality (MIST-VR) learning center study

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-10

  Van Sickle, K R ^a   Ritter, E M ^b   McClusky III, D A ^c   Lederman, A ^d   Baghai, M ^c   Gallagher, A G ^a   Smith, C D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic skills; Proficiency levels; Simulation; Validation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIATHERMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TRAINER VIRTUAL REALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33845683744     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0011-x     Document Type: Article

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