Does playing video games improve laparoscopic skills?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 365-369

  Ou, Yanwen ^a   McGlone, Emma Rose ^b   Camm, Christian Fielder ^c   Khan, Omar A ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Training; Video games

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84877624843     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.02.020     Document Type: Review

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