Preliminary face and construct validation study of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-157

  Sankaranarayanan, Ganesh ^a   Lin, Henry ^b   Arikatla, Venkata S ^a   Mulcare, Maureen ^c   Zhang, Likun ^c   Derevianko, Alexandre ^d   Lim, Robert ^b   Fobert, David ^d   Cao, Caroline ^c   Schwaitzberg, Steven D ^e   Jones, Daniel B ^b   De, Suvranu ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FACE VALIDITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949641337     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2009.0030     Document Type: Article

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