Simulation in Surgery: What's Needed Next?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 846-853

  Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^b   Paige, John ^c   Zevin, Boris ^d   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^e   Grantcharov, Teodor ^d   Jones, Daniel B ^f  

^a LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

implementation; simulation research; surgical simulation; white paper

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION BASED TRAINING; SIMULATOR; SKILL RETENTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDITY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929266165     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000826     Document Type: Review

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