FLS and FES: Comprehensive models of training and assessment

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-558

  Vassiliou, Melina C ^a   Dunkin, Brian J ^b   Marks, Jeffrey M ^c   Fried, Gerald M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery; Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery; GAGES; GOALS; Simulation; Technical skills

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; CONTENT VALIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953087318     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2010.02.012     Document Type: Review

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