Closing the Gap in Operative Performance Between Novices and Experts: Does Harder Mean Better for Laparoscopic Simulator Training?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-313

  Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a   Korndorffer Jr , James R ^b   Markley, Sarah ^b   Sierra, Rafael ^b   Heniford, B Todd ^a   Scott, Daniel J ^c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; SUTURING METHOD; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 34447639757     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.02.080     Document Type: Article

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