Validation of virtual reality simulation for obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cross-sectional study

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 269-273

  Burden, Christy ^a,b   Preshaw, Jessica ^b   White, Paul ^c   Draycott, Timothy J ^b   Grant, Simon ^b   Fox, Robert ^d  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gynecology; Obstetrics; Simulation; Skills; Training; Ultrasound; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOMETRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867217427     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182611844     Document Type: Article

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