Evaluation of simulation-based training model on vascular anastomotic skills for surgical residents

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 334-338

  Sigounas, Vaia Y ^a   Callas, Peter W ^b   Nicholas, Cate ^c   Adams, Julie E ^a   Bertges, Daniel J ^a   Stanley, Andrew C ^a   Steinthorsson, Georg ^a   Ricci, Michael A ^d  

^a Division of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^b University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

^d Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice.; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MANIKINS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERMONT;

EID: 84873080210     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318264655e     Document Type: Article

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