A model for longitudinal mentoring and telementoring of laparoscopic colon surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1634-1638

  Schlachta, Christopher M ^a,b   Kent, Sorsdahl A ^c   Lefebvre, Kevin L ^c   McCune, Marcie L ^c   Jayaraman, Shiva ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Stratford General Hospital Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colectomy; Laparoscopy; Mentoringtelehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELEMEDICINE; AGED; CANADA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TEACHER; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349785209     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0221-5     Document Type: Article

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