Surgical simulation in 2013: Why is it still not the standard in surgical training?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 294-301

  Zevin, Boris ^a,c   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^d,e   Grantcharov, Teodor P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NORTH AMERICA; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84892596869     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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