• Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 1996

    Assessing a virtual reality surgical skills simulator.

    • R Johnston, S Bhoyrul, L Way, R Satava, K McGovern, J D Fletcher, S Rangel, and R B Loftin.
    • Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA, USA.
    • Stud Health Technol Inform. 1996 Jan 1; 29: 608-17.

    AbstractThe Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) was contracted to perform a military standard task analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and to study the effectiveness of a virtual reality surgical skills simulator as a tool for surgical training and as a method for recording psychomotor behavior. This report describes the purpose of the study, its design, initial results, and implications for the field of medical education.

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