Virtual reality training improves simulated laparoscopic surgery performance in laparoscopy naïve medical students

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1047-1051

  Lucas, Steven ^a   Tuncel, Altug ^a   Bensalah, Karim ^a   Zeltser, Ilia ^a   Jenkins, Adam ^a   Pearle, Margaret ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 43749083477     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0366     Document Type: Article

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