Structured learning for robotic surgery utilizing a proficiency score: a pilot study

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-34

  Hung, Andrew J ^a   Bottyan, Thomas ^a   Clifford, Thomas G ^a   Serang, Sarfaraz ^b   Nakhoda, Zein K ^a   Shah, Swar H ^a   Yokoi, Hana ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Proficiency; Robotic curriculum; Robotic training

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEPHRECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; NEPHRECTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84964296846     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-016-1833-3     Document Type: Article

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