Expert and construct validity of the Simbionix GI Mentor II endoscopy simulator for colonoscopy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-162

  Koch, Arjun D ^a   Buzink, Sonja N ^a,b   Heemskerk, Jeroen ^a   Botden, Sanne M B I ^a   Veenendaal, Roeland ^c   Jakimowicz, Jack J ^a   Schoon, Erik J ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Endoscopy; Simulator; Training; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 37749049127     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9394-6     Document Type: Article

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