The internal validity of arthroscopic simulators and their effectiveness in arthroscopic education

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-40

  Slade Shantz, Jesse Alan ^a,c,d   Leiter, Jeff R S ^b,c   Gottschalk, Tania ^b   MacDonald, Peter Benjamin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Pan Am Clinic   (Canada)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic simulators; Surgical education; Validation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNEE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84891663621     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2228-7     Document Type: Article

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