The birds and the beans: A low-fidelity simulator for chorionic villus sampling skill acquisition

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1271-1275

  Wax, Joseph R ^a   Cartin, Angelina ^a   Pinette, Michael G ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Medical education; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; TEACHING;

IMAGE DEGRADATION; IMMEDIATE FEEDBACKS; LOW FIDELITIES; PRACTICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SKILL ACQUISITION; TACTILE SENSATION; TRAINING SIMULATOR;

SIMULATORS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEAT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEAT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; SOY FOODS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84864642721     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.8.1271     Document Type: Article

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