Augmented reality telementoring (ART) platform: a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a new surgical education technology

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3467-3472

  Vera, Angelina M ^a   Russo, Michael ^b   Mohsin, Adnan ^a   Tsuda, Shawn ^a  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Laparoscopic; Telementoring; Telestrating; Training

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUTURING METHOD; TEACHER; TELEMETRY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MENTORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84931838780     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3625-4     Document Type: Article

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