Should we use virtual simulators for surgical resident selection?

Luca Morelli^{1

2}, Gregorio Di Franco³, Andrea Moglia², Alfred Cuschieri⁴

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery Unit, Department of Oncology, Transplantation and New Technologies, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
² EndoCAS (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
³ General Surgery Unit, Department of Oncology, Transplantation and New Technologies, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy. gregoriodifranco@gmail.com.
⁴ Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Comment

Luca Morelli et al. J Robot Surg. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;13(4):605-606.

doi: 10.1007/s11701-018-00918-7. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

Luca Morelli^{1

2}, Gregorio Di Franco³, Andrea Moglia², Alfred Cuschieri⁴

¹ General Surgery Unit, Department of Oncology, Transplantation and New Technologies, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
² EndoCAS (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
³ General Surgery Unit, Department of Oncology, Transplantation and New Technologies, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy. gregoriodifranco@gmail.com.
⁴ Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

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Keywords: Resident education; Surgery simulation; Surgical training; Virtual simulators.

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