Enhancing the utility of surgical simulation: From proficiency to automaticity

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 482-484

  McCaslin, Addason F H ^a   Aoun, Salah G ^a   Hunt Batjer, H ^a   Bendok, Bernard R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGICAL ERROR; SUTURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SWINE;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUTURES; SWINE;

EID: 84857474443     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.09.052     Document Type: Short Survey

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2. Prabhu A, Smith W, Yurko Y, Acker C, Stefanidis D: Increased stress levels may explain the incomplete transfer of simulator-acquired skill to the operating room. Surgery 147:640-645, 2010.
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