What surgeons can learn from athletes: Mental practice in sports and surgery

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 262-269

  Cocks, Margaret ^a   Moulton, Carol Anne ^b,c   Luu, Shelly ^b   Cil, Tulin ^b,c,d  

^a ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

experts; imagery; mental practice; surgeons; surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SKILL; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EXPERTS; IMAGERY; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT; SURGEONS; SURGICAL SKILLS;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 84895522986     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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