Key areas in the learning curve for robotic urological surgery: A spanish multicentre survey

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Moreno Sierra, Jesús ^a   Fernández Pérez, Cristina ^b   Ortiz Oshiro, Elena ^c   Silmi Moyano, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Preventive Medicine Unit   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Da Vinci robot; Learning curve; Minimally invasive surgery; National opinion survey; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SPAIN; SURGICAL TRAINING; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROBOTICS; SPAIN; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80051746292     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326909     Document Type: Article

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