Development of a novel iPad-based laparoscopic trainer and comparison with a standard laparoscopic trainer for basic laparoscopic skills testing

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-46

  Yoon, Renai ^a   Del Junco, Michael ^a   Kaplan, Adam ^a   Okhunov, Zhamshid ^a   Bucur, Philip ^a   Hofmann, Martin ^a   Alipanah, Reza ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^b   Landman, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

iPad; laparoscopy; skills; trainer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITRAINER; LAPAROSCOPIC MONITOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC VIDEO CAMERA; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LAPAROSCOPY; MICROCOMPUTER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84920737383     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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