Training basic laparoscopic skills using a custom-made video game

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 314-318

  Goris, Jetse ^a   Jalink, Maarten B ^a   ten Cate Hoedemaker, Henk O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Game; Laparoscopy; Skills; Training; Wii

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930081841     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-013-0106-8     Document Type: Article

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