
Assessment of minimally invasive surgical skills of pre-medical students: What can we learn from future learners?
Author(s) -
Mostafa A. Borahay,
Mary Jackson,
Ömer Lütfi Tapısız,
Elizabeth Lyons,
Pooja Patel,
Ramsey Nassar,
Gökhan Kılıç
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the turkish-german gynecological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.346
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1309-0399
pISSN - 1309-0380
DOI - 10.5152/jtgga.2014.0044
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , set (abstract data type) , medical education , significant difference , medicine , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , artificial intelligence , programming language
Knowledge of baseline laparoscopic and robotic surgical skills of future learners is essential to develop teaching strategies that best fit them. The objectives of this study are to determine baseline laparoscopic and robotic skills of high school and college students and compare them to those of current obstetrics and gynecology residents.