A tale of two trainers: virtual reality versus a video trainer for acquisition of basic laparoscopic skills

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 840-845

  Debes, Anders J ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^b   Balasundaram, Indran ^b   Jacobsen, Morten B ^a,c  

^a Oestfold Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Laparoscopy; MIST VR; Simulation; Surgical training; Trainer box; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953683278     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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