Do metrics matter? Time versus motion tracking for performance assessment of proficiency-based laparoscopic skills training

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^d   Scott, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Korndorffer, James R ^a,b,c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Carolinas Simulation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic simulator; Motion tracking; Pathlength; Performance metrics; Smoothness; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METRIC SYSTEM; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOUISIANA; MALE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649406444     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31819171ec     Document Type: Article

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