Performance of medical students on a virtual reality simulator for knee arthroscopy: An analysis of learning curves and predictors of performance

BMC Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rahm, Stefan ^a   Wieser, Karl ^a   Wicki, Ilhui ^a   Holenstein, Livia ^a   Fucentese, Sandro F ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Knee arthroscopy; Learning curve; Predictive factors; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; SIMULATION TRAINING; SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; SIMULATION TRAINING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84962330444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12893-016-0129-2     Document Type: Article

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