Effectiveness of endoscopic surgery training for medical students using a virtual reality simulator versus a box trainer: A randomized controlled trial

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 985-990

  Tanoue, K ^a,b   Ieiri, S ^a   Konishi, K ^b   Yasunaga, T ^b   Okazaki, K ^b   Yamaguchi, S ^b   Yoshida, D ^b   Kakeji, Y ^b   Hashizume, M ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Box training; Endoscopic surgery; Simulator training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOX TRAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 42149143472     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9554-8     Document Type: Article

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