Crowd-sourced assessment of technical skills: An adjunct to urology resident surgical simulation training

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 604-609

  Holst, Daniel ^a   Kowalewski, Timothy M ^b   White, Lee W ^c   Brand, Timothy C ^d   Harper, Jonathan D ^a   Sorenson, Mathew D ^a   Kirsch, Sarah ^a   Lendvay, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CROWD SOURCED ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILL; CROWDSOURCING; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UROLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SIMULATION TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROWDSOURCING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SIMULATION TRAINING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84928944763     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2014.0616     Document Type: Article

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