Computer-Assisted Teaching of Skin Flap Surgery: Validation of a Mobile Platform Software for Medical Students

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  de Sena, David P ^a   Fabricio, Daniela D ^a   Lopes, Maria Helena I ^a   da Silva, Vinicius D ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERTIFICATION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHOMBOID FLAP; SKIN FLAP; SKIN SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHECKLIST; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84880747044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065833     Document Type: Article

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