Comparative performance of high-fidelity training models for flexible ureteroscopy: Are all models effective

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-456

  Mishra, Shashikant ^a   Sharma, Rajan ^a   Kumar, Akhilesh ^a   Ganatra, Pradeep ^a   Sabnis, Ravindra B ^a   Desai, Mahesh R ^a  

^a MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Flexible ureteroscopy training; high fidelity; simulators; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE;

EID: 84862920227     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.91431     Document Type: Article

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