A call for the utilization of consensus standards in the surgical education literature

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Korndorffer Jr , James R ^a   Kasten, Steven J ^b   Downing, Steven M ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic skills training; Laparoscopy; Simulator; Surgical education; Validation study; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049114153     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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