Do novices display automaticity during simulator training?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-213

  Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a   Scerbo, Mark W ^b   Sechrist, Cathy ^a   Mostafavi, Ana ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Laparoscopy; Proficiency; Secondary task; Simulators; Skills Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATOR; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049071415     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.055     Document Type: Article

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