Reliable and valid assessment of performance in thoracoscopy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1624-1628

  Konge, Lars ^a   Lehnert, Per ^b   Hansen, Henrik Jessen ^b   Petersen, René Horsleben ^b   Ringsted, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment; Education; Reliability; Thoracoscopy; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STAPLER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE; VALIDITY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84863990146     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-2081-7     Document Type: Article

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