Do the laparoscopic skills of trainees deteriorate over time?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2018-2025

  Sinha, Prashant ^a   Hogle, Nancy J ^a   Fowler, Dennis L ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic skills; Laparoscopic surgery; Simulator training; Skills retention; Test retest; Virtual reality training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING TEST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL RETENTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51349154720     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-9929-5     Document Type: Article

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