Multidisciplinary validation study of the da Vinci Skills Simulator: Educational tool and assessment device

Journal of Robotic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-369

  Foell, Kirsten ^a   Furse, Alexander ^b   Honey, R John D'A ^a   Pace, Kenneth T ^a   Lee, Jason Y ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Robotic surgery; Surgical simulator; Training

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL TRAINING; SIMULATORS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; LEARNING CURVES; ROBOTICS SURGERY; SURGERY SIMULATOR; SURGICAL SIMULATORS; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; VALIDATION STUDY;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

EID: 84888296490     PISSN: 18632483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-013-0403-6     Document Type: Article

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