Integrating simulation in surgery as a teaching tool and credentialing standard.

Scott T Rehrig; Kinga Powers; Daniel B Jones

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Integrating simulation in surgery as a teaching tool and credentialing standard.

December 5, 2007

Rehrig ST, Powers K, Jones DB. J Gastrointest Surg. 2008;12(2):222-33.

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The authors introduce a number of surgical simulation methods and discuss how training curricula should evolve to best incorporate simulation technology.

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