Basic surgical skills training: Does it work?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-60

  Koch, Juliette ^a   Clements, Sarah ^b   Abbott, Jason ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b Royal Hospital for Women   (Australia)

Author keywords

education; electrosurgery; hysteroscopy; laparoscopy; surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STUDENT; TRAINING; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 79951490359     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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