The design and evaluation of a computerized and physical simulator for training clinical prostate exams

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-403

  Gerling, Gregory J ^a   Rigsbee, Sarah ^a   Childress, Reba Moyer ^b   Martin, Marcus L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Haptics; Medical; Nursing; Simulation; Simulator; Tactile; Training

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

EVALUATION; HAPTICS; MEDICAL; SIMULATION; TACTILE; TRAINING;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 62149117616     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.2009769     Document Type: Article

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