Progress in virtual reality simulators for surgical training and certification

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  De Visser, Hans ^a   Watson, Marcus O ^b   Salvado, Olivier ^a   Passenger, Joshua D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL STUDENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CERTIFICATION; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79952468956     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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