Concurrent and predictive validation of a novel robotic surgery simulator: A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 630-637

  Hung, Andrew J ^a   Patil, Mukul B ^a   Zehnder, Pascal ^a   Cai, Jie ^a   Ng, Casey K ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a   Desai, Mihir M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical competence; computer simulation; education; laparoscopy; medical; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SIMULATOR; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84855572547     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.09.154     Document Type: Article

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