The 'round-the-clock' training model for assessment and warm up of microsurgical skills: A validation study

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1323-1328

  Chan, Woan Yi ^a,b   Figus, Andrea ^a   Ekwobi, Chidi ^b   Srinivasan, Jeyaram R ^b   Ramakrishnan, Venkat V ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Microsurgery; Skill; Training; Training model; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955513897     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.06.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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