Evaluation of the educational value of a virtual reality TURP simulator according to a curriculum-based approach

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 288-294

  Tjiam, Irene M ^a   Berkers, Charlotte H ^a   Schout, Barbara M ^b,c   Brinkman, Willem ^a   Alfred Witjes, J ^d   Scherpbier, Albert J ^e   Hendrikx, Ad J ^a   Koldewijn, Evert L ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Simulator; TURP; Urology; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930035052     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000041     Document Type: Article

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