Curriculum-based solo virtual reality training for laparoscopic intracorporeal knot tying: objective assessment of the transfer of skill from virtual reality to reality

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 774-783

  Munz, Yaron ^a,b   Almoudaris, Alex M ^b   Moorthy, Krishna ^b   Dosis, Aristotelis ^b   Liddle, Alexander D ^b   Darzi, Ara W ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Intracorporeal knot tying; Laparoscopic training; Objective assessment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACORPOREAL KNOT TYING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34248337111     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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