Effect of short-term pretrial practice on surgical proficiency in simulated environments: a randomized trial of the "preoperative warm-up" effect.

K, Kahol; RM, Satava; J, Ferrara; ML, Smith

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.09.029

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Effect of short-term pretrial practice on surgical proficiency in simulated environments: a randomized trial of the "preoperative warm-up" effect.

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Authors:

Kahol K

Satava RM

Ferrara J

Abstract

Background Surgery is a skill-driven discipline. While other high-stake professions with comparable cognitive and psychomotor skill requirements often use warm-up exercises for achieving better proficiency, the effects of such practice have not been investigated sufficiently in surgical tasks.Design...

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