Learning basic surgical skills with mental imagery: Using the simulation centre in the mind

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 607-612

  Sanders, Charles W ^a,b   Sadoski, Mark ^b   Van Walsum, Kim ^b   Bramson, Rachel ^b   Wiprud, Robert ^b   Fossum, Theresa W ^b  

^a 102 Joe Reynolds Medical Building ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Mental processes; Questionnaires; Randomized controlled trial publication type ; Self assessment; Students, medical psychology; Surgery *Education; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EIDETIC IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MENTAL PROCESSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 43549105612     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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