Factors influencing microsurgical skill acquisition during a dedicated training course

Microsurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 649-656

  Nugent, Emmeline ^a   Joyce, Cormac ^a   Perez Abadia, Gustavo ^b   Frank, Johannes ^c   Sauerbier, Michael ^d   Neary, Paul ^a   Gallagher, Anthony G ^e   Traynor, Oscar ^a   Carroll, Sean ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Main Taunus Kreises GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTITUDE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; APTITUDE; APTITUDE TESTS; ARTERIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84868679470     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.22047     Document Type: Article

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