Assessment of early learning curves among nurses and physicians using a high-fidelity virtual-reality colonoscopy simulator

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-370

  Kruglikova, Irina ^a   Grantcharov, Teodor P ^b   Drewes, Asbjorn M ^c   Funch Jensen, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy training; Endoscopy simulation; Nurse colonoscopist; Simulator training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77649183667     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0555-7     Document Type: Article

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