The Virtual Reality Transurethral Prostatic Resection Trainer: Evaluation of Discriminate Validity

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2283-2286

  Rashid, Hani H ^a   Kowalewski, Timothy ^b   Oppenheimer, Peter ^c   Ooms, Ann ^a   Krieger, John N ^b   Sweet, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulation; education; medical; prostate; task performance and analysis; transurethral resection of prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VALIDITY; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; UROLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248145996     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.01.120     Document Type: Article

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