Do soft skills predict surgical performance? : A single-center randomized controlled trial evaluating predictors of skill acquisition in virtual reality laparoscopy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-486

  Maschuw, K ^a   Schlosser, K ^a   Kupietz, E ^a   Slater, E P ^a   Weyers, P ^b   Hassan, I ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF EFFICACY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79952195102     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0933-2     Document Type: Article

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