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Surgical training and simulation

Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied TechnologiesPublished 1 January 2005
Jenny Dankelman, Nicola Di Lorenzo
Citations20
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.48
SNIP0.89

TL;DR

In the middle ages, the education of surgeons (barbers) consisted of ‘learning on the job’ and currently still a large part of surgical skills is learned in the operating room while operating on patients.

Abstract

In the middle ages, the education of surgeons (barbers) consisted of ‘learning on the job’. Currently still a large part of surgical skills is learned in the operating room while operating on patie...

Keywords

Medicine