Effectiveness of procedural simulation in urology: A systematic review

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-34

  Ahmed, Kamran ^a,b   Jawad, Muhammed ^a   Abboudi, May ^a   Gavazzi, Andrea ^a   Darzi, Ara ^b   Athanasiou, Thanos ^b   Vale, Justin ^b   Khan, Mohammad Shamim ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal; cadaver; clinical competence; computer simulation; models; urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTOSCOPY; EMBASE; EMPIRICISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FACE VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHRECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL SIMULATION; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; STUDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYNTHETIC MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSURETHRAL BLADDER TUMOR RESECTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETERORENOSCOPY; URETEROSCOPY; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASOVASOSTOMY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; UROLOGY;

EID: 79957870299     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.02.2684     Document Type: Review

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