Training and outcome monitoring in robotic urologic surgery

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-22

  Liberman, Daniel ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^b   Jeldres, Claudio ^a   Valiquette, Luc ^a   Zorn, Kevin C ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL ETHICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSTATECTOMY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84855250401     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2011.164     Document Type: Review

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