Face, content, and construct validity of a low-cost sinus surgery task trainer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 504-509

  Steehler, Matthew K ^a   Pfisterer, Michael J ^b   Na, Hana ^c   Hesham, Hosai N ^a   Pehlivanova, Marieta ^a   Malekzadeh, Sonya ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Resident construct validity; Simulation; Sinus surgery; Task trainer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; COST CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858807176     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811430187     Document Type: Article

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