Implementation of an interactive virtual-world simulation for structured surgeon assessment of clinical scenarios

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-279

  Patel, Vishal ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a,b   Cohen, Daniel ^a   Taylor, Dave ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGEON;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LONDON; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84880537375     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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