Mapping the maze of minimally invasive surgery simulators

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-60

  Van Empel, Pieter J ^a   Van Der Veer, Willem M ^a   Van Rijssen, Lennart B ^a   Cuesta, Miguel A ^a   Scheele, Fedde ^b   Bonjer, H Jaap ^a   Meijerink, Wilhelmus J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84856682729     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0467     Document Type: Review

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