Optimising surgical training: Use of feedback to reduce errors during a simulated surgical procedure

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1030, 2011, Pages 524-528

  Boyle, Emily ^a   Al Akash, Musallam ^a   Gallagher, Anthony G ^a,b   Traynor, Oscar ^a   Hill, Arnold D K ^a   Neary, Paul C ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON RESECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 79960844165     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.109363     Document Type: Review

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