Objective evaluation of minimally invasive surgical skills for transplantation surgeons using a virtual reality simulator

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-185

  Danila R ^a   Gerdes, B ^a   Ulrike, H ^a   Fernández, E Domínguez ^a   Hassan, I ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84904805667     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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