Development of simulator guidelines for resident assessment in flexible endoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-22

  Sutton, Erica ^a   Chase, Sheree Carter ^b   Klein, Rosemary ^b   Zhu, Yue ^b   Godinez, Carlos ^c   Youssef, Yassar ^d   Park, Adrian ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^d SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^e Anne Arundel Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HUMAN; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875067220     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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