Virtual reality in surgical skills training

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 605-617

  Palter, Vanessa N ^a   Grantcharov, Teodor P ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Curriculum development; Nontechnical skills; Simulation; Technical skills; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL RETENTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKING TIME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77953088857     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2010.02.005     Document Type: Review

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