Choosing the right physical laparoscopic simulator? comparison of LTS2000-ISM60 with MISTELS: validation, correlation, and user satisfaction

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-265

  Sansregret, Andrée ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^b   Hasson, Harrith ^c   Klassen, Dennis ^d   Lagacé, Maryse ^a   Gagnon, Robert ^e   Pooler, Stephen ^d   Charlin, Bernard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Physical simulator; Surgical teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LAPAROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 58649117169     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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