Training in ureteroscopy: A critical appraisal of the literature

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 798-805

  Skolarikos, Andreas ^a   Gravas, Stavros ^b   Laguna, M Pilar ^c   Traxer, Olivier ^d   Preminger, Glenn M ^e   De La Rosette, Jean ^c  

^a SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

education; lithotripsy; training; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETER STONE; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; ROBOTICS; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 80052089798     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10337.x     Document Type: Article

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