How to objectively classify residents based on their psychomotor laparoscopic skills

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-11

  Chmarra, Magdalena K ^a   Grimbergen, Cornelis A ^a,b   Jansen, Frank Willem ^a,c   Dankelman, Jenny ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Laparoscopy; Motion analysis; Psychomotor skills; Training

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESIDENT; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 76749157409     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645700903492977     Document Type: Review

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