Resident training in minimally invasive surgery: A survey of Canadian department and division chairs

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Chan, Beverley ^a   Martel, Guillaume ^a   Poulin, Eric C ^a   Mamazza, Joseph ^a   Boushey, Robin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; MIS; Residents; Simulator; Surgical education; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77649192339     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0611-3     Document Type: Article

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