Is three-dimensional videography the cutting edge of surgical skill acquisition?

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Roach, Victoria A ^a   Brandt, Michael G ^b   Moore, Corey C ^a   Wilson, Timothy D ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D; 3D videography; E learning; Global rating scale; Skill acquisition; Surgical education; Visual spatial ability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING CURVE; LINEAR MODELS; MOTOR SKILLS; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860507148     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1262     Document Type: Article

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