Impact of virtual reality-simulated training on urology residents' performance of transurethral resection of the prostate

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1521-1528

  Källström, Reidar ^a   Hjertberg, Hans ^b   Svanvik, Joar ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; UROLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77956920383     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0667     Document Type: Article

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