Effects of videogame experience on laparoscopic skill acquisition

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1047-1051

  Waxberg, Sara L ^a   Schwaitzberg, Steven D ^b   Cao, Caroline G L ^a  

^a Tufts University

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SKILL ACQUISITION; VIDEOGAME EXPERIENCE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SURGERY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 44349161718     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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