Laparoscopic surgical education - The experience of the first surgical unit Iaşi

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Tarcoveanu E ^a   Moldovanu, R ^a   Bradea, C ^a   Dimofte, G ^a   Lupascu, C ^a   Georgescu, St ^a   Andronic, D ^a   Lotz, J C ^b   Vlad, N ^a   Vasilescu, A ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Laparoscopic training; Minimally invasive surgery; Simulators; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84874089521     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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