Assessment of Laparoscopic Suturing Skills of Urology Residents: A Pan-European Study

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 865-873

  Kroeze, Stephanie G C ^a   Mayer, Erik K ^a,b   Chopra, Samarth ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^b   Darzi, Ara ^b   Patel, Anup ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Laparoscopy; Questionnaire; Simulation; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD; UROLOGY;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UROLOGY;

EID: 70349271351     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.09.045     Document Type: Article

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