Designing and Validating a Customized Virtual Reality-Based Laparoscopic Skills Curriculum

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 413-417

  Panait, Lucian ^a   Bell, Robert L ^b   Roberts, Kurt E ^b   Duffy, Andrew J ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical Knowledge; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; proficiency based training; resident curriculum; surgical simulation; Systems Based Practice; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 56849102972     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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