Assessment of performance measures and learning curves for use of a virtual-reality ultrasound simulator in transvaginal ultrasound examination

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 693-699

  Madsen, M E ^a   Konge, L ^a   Norgaard L N ^a   Tabor, A ^a   Ringsted, C ^b   Klemmensen, A K ^a   Ottesen, B ^a   Tolsgaard, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criterion based training; Learning curves; Simulation based training; Standard setting; Ultrasound simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; OBSTETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84914172399     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13400     Document Type: Article

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