Skills assessment using a virtual reality simulator, LapSim™, after training to develop fundamental skills for endoscopic surgery

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-29

  Tanoue, Kazuo ^a   Uemura, Munenori ^b   Kenmotsu, Hajime ^b   Ieiri, Satoshi ^a   Konishi, Kozo ^c   Ohuchida, Kenoki ^c   Onimaru, Manabu ^c   Nagao, Yoshihiro ^a   Kumashiro, Ryuichi ^c   Tomikawa, Morimasa ^c   Hashizume, Makoto ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; LapSim; Virtual reality simulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 76749117089     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645700903492993     Document Type: Article

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