New dog, new tricks: Trends in performance on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery simulator for incoming surgery residents

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-71

  Kolozsvari, Nicoleta O ^a   Kaneva, Pepa ^a   Vassiliou, Melina C ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FLS; Incoming residents; Laparoscopy; Resident selection; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREND STUDY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEACHING;

EID: 84857380247     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1829-4     Document Type: Article

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