A tool-kit for the quantitative assessment of proficiency in laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 576-582

  Shah, P R ^a   Haray, P N ^a,b  

^a PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity score; Conversion rate; Laparoscopic colorectal surgery; Proficiency score; Technical score; Training score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPLEXITY SCORE; CONVERSION SCORE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE EQUIVALENT VALUE SCORING SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFICIENCY SCORE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM RESECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; SURGEON; TECHNICAL SCORE; TRAINING SCORE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953305463     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02204.x     Document Type: Article

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