Play to Become a Surgeon: Impact of Nintendo WII Training on Laparoscopic Skills

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Giannotti, Domenico ^a   Patrizi, Gregorio ^a   Di Rocco, Giorgio ^a   Vestri, Anna Rita ^b   Semproni, Camilla Proietti ^a   Fiengo, Leslie ^a   Pontone, Stefano ^a   Palazzini, Giorgio ^a   Redler, Adriano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RECREATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84874524506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057372     Document Type: Article

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