Honing a surgeon's decision making skills in the presence of mechanical tasks

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 492-499

  Deka, Vikram ^c   Kahol, Kanav ^a,b   Smith, Marshall ^c   Ferrara, John J ^d  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Psychomotor skills; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SURGEON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 83055177888     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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