Effectiveness of the UroMentor virtual reality simulator in the skill acquisition of flexible cystoscopy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2079-2082

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Liu, Jin Shun ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Yu, Cheng Fan ^a   Zhu, He ^a   Na, Yan Qun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SHOUGANG HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Flexible cystoscopy; Simulator; Training; UroMentor ; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SIMULATOR; SKILL; TRAINING; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTOSCOPY; HUMANS; UROLOGY;

EID: 84878732185     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20121646     Document Type: Article

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