Using performance in multiple simulated scenarios to assess bronchoscopy skills

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Konge, Lars ^a,b   Arendrup, Henrik ^a   Von Buchwald, Christian ^a   Ringsted, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment method; Bronchoscopy; Education; Procedural training; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956100407     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324452     Document Type: Article

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