Optimising surgical training: use of feedback to reduce errors during a simulated surgical procedure.

Emily Boyle; Musallam Al-Akash; Anthony G. Gallagher; Oscar Traynor; Arnold D K Hill; Paul C. Neary

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Optimising surgical training: use of feedback to reduce errors during a simulated surgical procedure.

June 22, 2011

Boyle E, Al-Akash M, Gallagher AG, et al. Postgrad Med J. 2011;87(1030):524-8.

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