The LapSim virtual reality simulator: Promising but not yet proven

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 343-355

  Fairhurst, Katherine ^a   Strickland, Andrew ^a   Maddern, Guy ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

LapSim; Simulation training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; SKILL RETENTION; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79954824397     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1181-0     Document Type: Review

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