Can we become better robot surgeons through simulator practice?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 847-853

  Patel, Ankit ^a   Patel, Meghna ^a   Lytle, Nathaniel ^a   Toro, Juan P ^a   Medbery, Rachel L ^a   Bluestein, Sheryl ^a   Perez, Sebastian D ^a   Sweeney, John F ^a   Davis, S Scott ^a   Lin, Edward ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

General; Robot; Simulation; Simulator; Surgeon; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; DISSECTION; ENERGY; HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84896094175     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3231-x     Document Type: Article

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