Construct and face validity of the American College of Surgeons/Association of Program Directors in Surgery laparoscopic troubleshooting team training exercise

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Arain, Nabeel A ^a   Hogg, Deborah C ^a   Gala, Rajiv B ^a   Bhoja, Ravi ^a   Tesfay, Seifu T ^a   Webb, Erin M ^a   Scott, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Crew resource management (CRM); Laparoscopic troubleshooting; Patient safety; Simulation; Team training; Virtual operating room (VOR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FACE VALIDITY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455258007     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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