Validation of the GreenLight™ Simulator and development of a training curriculum for photoselective vaporisation of the prostate

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 994-1003

  Aydin, Abdullatif ^a   Muir, Gordon H ^b   Graziano, Manuela E ^b   Khan, Muhammad Shamim ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education; GreenLight; laser prostatectomy; PVP; simulation; urology training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORISATION OF THE PROSTATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROSTATE SURGERY; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UROLOGIST; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EDUCATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; SURGERY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEONS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84930044923     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12842     Document Type: Article

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