Assessing system operation skills in robotic surgery trainees

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a,c   Jog, Amod ^a,c   Malpani, Anand ^a,c   Vagvolgyi, Balazs ^a,c   Yuh, David ^c   Nguyen, Hiep ^b,c   Hager, Gregory ^a,c   Chen, Chi Chiung Grace ^a,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated skill assessment; Objective skill assessment; Robotic surgery training

Indexed keywords

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

AUTOMATED SKILL ASSESSMENT; OBJECTIVE SKILL ASSESSMENT; OPERATIONAL SKILLS; ROBOTIC SURGERY TRAINING; ROBOTICS SURGERY; SKILL ASSESSMENT; STATISTIC MODELING; SURGERY TRAINING; SYSTEMS OPERATION;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DISSECTION; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; RESIDENT; ROBOTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84858005035     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.449     Document Type: Article

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