Establishing the minimal number of virtual reality simulator training sessions necessary to develop basic laparoscopic skills competence: evaluation of the learning curve

Introduction Medical literature is scarce on information to define a basic skills training program for laparoscopic surgery (peg and transferring, cutting, clipping). The aim of this study was to determine the minimal number of simulator sessions of basic laparoscopic tasks necessary to elaborate an...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Jordao Duarte, Jose Cury, Luis Carlos Neves Oliveira, Miguel Srougi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2013-09-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382013000500712&lng=en&tlng=en