Effect of validated skills simulation on operating room performance in obstetrics and gynecology residents: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 578-584

  Gala, Rajiv ^a   Orejuela, Francisco ^b   Gerten, Kim ^b   Lockrow, Ernest ^b   Kilpatrick, Charles ^b   Chohan, Lubna ^b   Green, Charles ^b   Vaught, Jessica ^b   Goldberg, Aaron ^b   Schaffer, Joseph ^b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b not available

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SALPINGECTOMY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

EID: 84876263532     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318283578b     Document Type: Article

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