A method to characterize the learning curve for performance of a fundamental laparoscopic simulator task: Defining "learning plateau" and "learning rate"

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Feldman, Liane S ^a   Cao, Jiguo ^b   Andalib, Amin ^a   Fraser, Shannon ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; LEARNING ALGORITHM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 67650558764     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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