Comparison of Nintendo Wii and PlayStation2 for enhancing laparoscopic skills

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 612-618

  Ju, Rujin ^a   Chang, Peter L ^b   Buckley, Adam P ^b   Wang, Karen C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Laparoscopy; Surgical; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OBSTETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OBSTETRICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84875082632     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4293/108680812X13462882737294     Document Type: Article

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