The virtual reality simulator dV-Trainer® is a valid assessment tool for robotic surgical skills

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2587-2593

  Perrenot, Cyril ^a,b,c   Perez, Manuela ^c,d   Tran, Nguyen ^a   Jehl, Jean Philippe ^a   Felblinger, Jacques ^c   Bresler, Laurent ^a,b   Hubert, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Da Vinci robot; dV Trainer; Reliability and validity; Robotic surgery; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE VALIDITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84866076336     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2237-0     Document Type: Article

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