Incorporating resident/fellow training into a robotic surgery program

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 684-689

  Vetter, Monica Hagan ^a   Green, Isabel ^b   Martino, Martin ^c,d   Fowler, Jeffrey ^a   Salani, Ritu ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Valley Health   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum development; Robotic simulators; Robotic surgery training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84955069265     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.24006     Document Type: Article

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