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    Simulation-based ureteroscopy skills training curriculum with integration of technical and non-technical skills: a randomised controlled trial

    Current training modalities within ureteroscopy have been extensively validated and must now be integrated within a comprehensive curriculum. Additionally, non-technical skills often cause surgical error and l...

    Oliver Brunckhorst, Shahab Shahid, Abdullatif Aydin, Craig McIlhenny in Surgical Endoscopy (2015)

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    Participation of Surgical Residents in Operations: Challenging a Common Classification

    One important form of surgical training for residents is their participation in actual operations, for instance as an assistant or supervised surgeon. The aim of this study was to explore what participation in...

    Jeff Bezemer, Alexandra Cope, Omar Faiz, Roger Kneebone in World Journal of Surgery (2012)

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    Researching Surgical Education

    Surgical education research is based more firmly in the social sciences than in the hard sciences because of the subject matters it investigates. This chapter introduces key features of some of the major quant...

    Heather Fry, Nick Sevdalis, Roger Kneebone in Surgical Education (2011)

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    The Environment of Surgical Training and Education

    This book argues that surgical education is an emerging field, which is establishing its own identity. At present, however, the field’s boundaries are not clearly drawn. This indistinctness is both problematic...

    Roger Kneebone, Heather Fry in Surgical Education (2011)

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    Simulation

    This chapter starts from the premise that simulation is a key element in surgical education, but that current approaches can lead to unhelpful oversimplication of the complexities of real world clinical practi...

    Roger Kneebone in Surgical Education (2011)

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    Stress impairs psychomotor performance in novice laparoscopic surgeons

    Little is known about acute stress in surgery although it is recognized to impair human performance in safety–critical industries. This study aimed to establish a direct empirical link between stress and psych...

    Sonal Arora, Nick Sevdalis, Rajesh Aggarwal, Pramudith Sirimanna in Surgical Endoscopy (2010)

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    The Imperial Stress Assessment Tool (ISAT): A Feasible, Reliable and Valid Approach to Measuring Stress in the Operating Room

    Stress can impair surgical performance and may compromise patient safety. This prospective, cross-sectional study describes the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Imperial Stress Assessment Tool (IS...

    Sonal Arora, Tanya Tierney, Nick Sevdalis, Rajesh Aggarwal in World Journal of Surgery (2010)

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    Development and validation of mental practice as a training strategy for laparoscopic surgery

    Concerns for patient safety have accelerated the need for alternative training strategies outside the operating room. Mental practice (MP: the use of mental imagery to rehearse a task symbolically before perfo...

    Sonal Arora, Rajesh Aggarwal, Nick Sevdalis, Aidan Moran in Surgical Endoscopy (2010)

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    Principles and Methods in Qualitative Research

    In this chapter we describe the characteristics of qualitative research, considering why and when it might be used within surgical practice. We highlight similarities and differences between qualitative and qu...

    Roger Kneebone, Heather Fry in Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology (2010)