A Didactic and hands-on module enhances resident microsurgical knowledge and technical skill

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2013, Pages

  El Ahmadieh, Tarek Y ^a   Aoun, Salah G ^b   El Tecle, Najib E ^a   Nanney, Allan D ^a   Daou, Marc R ^a   Harrop, James ^c   Batjer, Hunt H ^b   Bendok, Bernard R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microanastomosis; Neurosurgery simulation; Objective assessment scale; Resident training; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; SKILL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; SUTURES;

EID: 84884994839     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000104     Document Type: Article

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