Emerging trends that herald the future of surgical simulation

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 623-633

  Satava, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation science; Skills curricula; Surgical education; Surgical simulation

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREND STUDY;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77953109374     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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