Pretraining on Southwestern Stations Decreases Training Time and Cost for Proficiency-Based Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Training

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-631

  Rosenthal, Madelyn E ^a   Castellvi, Antonio O ^a   Goova, Mouza T ^a   Hollett, Lisa A ^a   Dale, Jarrod ^a   Scott, Daniel J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COST CONTROL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350128800     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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