Visuo-spatial ability in colonoscopy simulator training

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-694

  Luursema, Jan Maarten ^a   Buzink, Sonja N ^b,c   Verwey, Willem B ^a   Jakimowicz, J J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Simulator training; Skills training; Visuo spatial ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649904092     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9230-y     Document Type: Article

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