Assessment of competence in surgical skills using functional magnetic resonance imaging: A feasibility study

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-204

  Morris, Marie C ^a,d   Frodl, Thomas ^b   D'Souza, Arun ^b   Fagan, Andrew J ^c   Ridgway, Paul F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

assessment; competence; fMRI; motor skills; surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINGER TAPPING TEST; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPERCULUM (BRAIN); PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IRELAND; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEARNING CURVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PILOT PROJECTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925242956     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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