From scalpel to simulator: A surgical journey

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 57149097851     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.07.010     Document Type: Review

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