CHALLENGES IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SKILLS

Magdalena K. Chmarra, Sharon P. Rodrigues, Frank-Willem Jansen, Jenny Dankelman

2011

Abstract

Training and objective assessment of surgical competence receives more and more attention from society and medical communities, and is an ongoing research challenge. For obvious reasons of patient safety, ethics, and cost-effectiveness, there is a need to shift the training and assessment from the operating theatre to a simulated environment (e.g. skills lab). This paper presents the state of the art on training and assessment of surgical skills in minimally invasive surgery, and discusses remaining challenges.

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K. Chmarra M., P. Rodrigues S., Jansen F. and Dankelman J. (2011). CHALLENGES IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SKILLS . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8425-50-8, pages 261-268. DOI: 10.5220/0003289502610268


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@conference{csedu11,
author={Magdalena K. Chmarra and Sharon P. Rodrigues and Frank-Willem Jansen and Jenny Dankelman},
title={CHALLENGES IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SKILLS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2011},
pages={261-268},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003289502610268},
isbn={978-989-8425-50-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - CHALLENGES IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SKILLS
SN - 978-989-8425-50-8
AU - K. Chmarra M.
AU - P. Rodrigues S.
AU - Jansen F.
AU - Dankelman J.
PY - 2011
SP - 261
EP - 268
DO - 10.5220/0003289502610268