Research priorities in light of current trends in microsurgical training: Revalidation, simulation, cross-training, and standardisation

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 218-224

  Nicholas, Rebecca Spenser ^a   Madada Nyakauru, Rudo N ^b   Irri, Renu Anita ^b   Myers, Simon Richard ^c   Ghanem, Ali Mahmoud ^c  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Inservice training; Microsurgery; Patient simulation; Surgery, plastic

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS TRAINING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEADERSHIP; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGIST; RAT MODEL; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 84901375583     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2014.41.3.218     Document Type: Article

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