Neurosurgery simulation in residency training: Feasibility, cost, and educational benefit

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2013, Pages

  Gasco, Jaime ^a   Holbrook, Thomas J ^a   Patel, Achal ^a   Smith, Adrian ^a   Paulson, David ^a   Muns, Alan ^a   Desai, Sohum ^a   Moisi, Marc ^a   Kuo, Yong Fan ^b   MacDonald, Bart ^a   Ortega Barnett, Juan ^a   Patterson, Joel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost, Education; Laboratory; Neurosurgery; Simulation; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 84884991334     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000102     Document Type: Article

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