Assessment of medical student laparoscopic camera skills and the impact of formal camera training

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 655-659

  Bennett, Athena ^a   Birch, Daniel W ^a   Menzes, Carlos ^a   Vizhul, Andrey ^a   Karmali, Shahzeer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camera navigation; Laparoscopy; Simulator; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CAMERA NAVIGATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 79955688976     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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