Homemade laparoscopic simulators for surgical trainees

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-121

  Khine, Myo ^a   Leung, Edward ^a   Morran, Chris ^a   Muthukumarasamy, Giri ^b  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79956119726     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2011.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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