A pilot study to integrate an immersive virtual patient with a breast complaint and breast examination simulator into a surgery clerkship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-106

  Deladisma, Adeline M ^a   Gupta, Mamta ^a   Kotranza, Aaron ^b   Bittner IV, James G ^a   Imam, Toufic ^a   Swinson, Dayna ^a   Gucwa, Angela ^a   Nesbit, Robert ^a   Lok, Benjamin ^b   Pugh, Carla ^c   Lind, D Scott ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical breast examination; Mannequin based simulators; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE;

BREAST DISEASES; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL SURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 57649143912     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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