Effect of virtual endoscopy simulator training on performance of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients: A randomized controlled trial

Endoscopy

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1049-1056

  Ferlitsch, A ^a   Schoefl, R ^a   Puespoek, A ^a   Miehsler, W ^a   Schoeniger Hekele, M ^a   Hofer, H ^a   Gangl, A ^a   Homoncik, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649834030     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255818     Document Type: Article

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