A simple, low-cost platform for basic laparoscopic skills training

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-142

  Dayan, Avner B ^a   Ziv, Amitai ^a   Berkenstadt, Haim ^a   Munz, Yaron ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Box trainer; Innovative; Laparoscopic skills; Low cost; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 44349098666     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350608318142     Document Type: Article

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