Evaluation of Sensory and Motor Skills in Neurosurgery Applicants Using a Virtual Reality Neurosurgical Simulator: The Sensory-Motor Quotient

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1165-1171

  Roitberg, Ben Z ^a   Kania, Patrick ^a   Luciano, Cristian ^a   Dharmavaram, Naga ^a   Banerjee, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Key Words virtual reality; residency applicants; simulation; skill testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROSURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMULATOR; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIRTUAL REALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROSURGERY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA;

EID: 84934777360     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2015.04.030     Document Type: Article

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