Fundamentals of endoscopic surgery: Creation and validation of the hands-on test

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 704-711

  Vassiliou, Melina C ^a   Dunkin, Brian J ^b   Fried, Gerald M ^a   Mellinger, John D ^c   Trus, Thadeus ^d   Kaneva, Pepa ^a   Lyons, Calvin ^b   Korndorffer, James R ^e   Ujiki, Michael ^f   Velanovich, Vic ^g   Kochman, Michael L ^h   Tsuda, Shawn ⁱ   Martinez, Jose ^j   Scott, Daniel J ^k   Korus, Gary ^h   Park, Adrian ^l   Marks, Jeffrey M ^m  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

Assessment; Education; Examination; FES; Flexible endoscopy; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIST; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896101981     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3298-4     Document Type: Article

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