Response to the article titled "The role of smartphone game applications in improving laparoscopic skills"

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Mehar Chawla. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2018.

. 2018 Sep 27:9:723-726.

doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S184496. eCollection 2018.

¹ Department of Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, m.chawla@uea.ac.uk.

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Disclosure The author reports no conflicts of interest in this communication.

The role of smartphone game applications in improving laparoscopic skills.
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