Identifying and classifying problem areas in laparoscopic skills acquisition: Can simulators help?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Greco, Elisa F ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^a   Okrainec, Allan ^a  

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EID: 77958459114     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ed4107     Document Type: Article

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