Objective assessment of technical performance

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-160

  Fried, Gerald M ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RELIABILITY; SIMULATOR; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TECHNICAL SKILL; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 38349175913     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9143-y     Document Type: Article

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