Maintenance training for laparoscopic suturing: The quest for the perfect timing and training model: A randomized trial

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3823-3829

  Van Bruwaene, Siska ^a,b   Schijven, Marlies P ^c   Miserez, Marc ^a,b  

^a Center for Surgical Technologies Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Maintenance; Suturing; Training; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885188934     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-2981-9     Document Type: Article

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