Surgical heuristics

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1065-1069

  Patkin, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissection; Expertise; Heuristics; Skill; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DISSECTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCEPTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349186737     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04752.x     Document Type: Article

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