Retention of colonoscopy skills after virtual reality simulator training by independent and proctored methods

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 743-746

  Snyder, Christopher W ^a   Vandromme, Marianne J ^a   Tyra, Sharon L ^a   Hawn, Mary T ^a,b  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; SKILL RETENTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78651405017     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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