Validation of the Simulator for Testing and Rating Endovascular Skills (STRESS)-machine in a setting of competence testing

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-256

  Berger, P ^a   Willems, M C M ^a   Van Der Vliet, J A ^a   Schultze Kool, L J ^a   Bergqvist, D ^b   Blankensteijn, J D ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Software; Surgical procedures, operative

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77953556685     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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