FLS assessment of competency using simulated laparoscopic tasks

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-212

  Fried, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 47749120337     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0355-0     Document Type: Article

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