Face, content and concurrent validity of the mimic® dv-trainer for robot-assisted endoscopic surgery: A prospective study

European Surgical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 292-300

  Egi, H ^a   Hattori, M ^a   Tokunaga, M ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Kawaguchi, K ^a   Sawada, H ^a   Ohdan, H ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Objective assessment; Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill; Robotic surgery; Surgical skill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; ROBOT ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SKILL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 84880182754     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: 14219921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353435     Document Type: Article

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