Low-cost, locally fabricated simulators: The wave of the future

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-30

  Pugh, Carla M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NOTE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 79955636957     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.07.018     Document Type: Note

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