Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 271-370 , April 2009

Surgical Skills Training and Simulation

  • Shawn Tsuda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Surgical Skills Laboratory, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada
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  • Daniel Scott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Director, Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    • ,
  • Jennifer Doyle, MA

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer on Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Daniel B. Jones, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2008.12.003

Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 271-370 , April 2009

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