Effect of basic laparoscopic skills courses on essential knowledge of equipment

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 460-466

  Van Hove, P Diederick ^a,b   Verdaasdonk, Emiel G G ^c   Van Der Harst, Erwin ^d   Jansen, Frank Willem ^a,e   Dankelman, Jenny ^a   Stassen, Laurents P S ^f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

laparoscopic surgery; surgical education; technical equipment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868589371     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: 15533514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350611432723     Document Type: Article

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