Validation of a task-specific scoring system for a microvascular surgery simulation model

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2164-2168

  Nimmons, Grace L ^a   Chang, Kristi E ^a   Funk, Gerry F ^a   Shonka, David C ^b   Pagedar, Nitin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

microsurgery; Microvascular surgery; objective structured assessment; Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills; scoring system; simulation model

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHICKEN; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CHECKLIST; CHICKENS; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MICROSURGERY; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THIGH;

EID: 84866901696     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23525     Document Type: Article

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