Urological Note
Concurrent validation of a robotic simulator curriculum focused on “core” exercises: Does it help overcome baseline skill levels?
Young Hwii Ko M.D., Ph.D.,
Young Hwii Ko M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Search for more papers by this author Jae Young Choi M.D., Ph.D.,
Jae Young Choi M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Search for more papers by this author Phil Hyun Song M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Phil Hyun Song M.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Correspondence: Phil Hyun Song M.D., Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 317-1 Daemyung-dong, Nam-gu, Daegu 705-035, Korea. Email:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Young Hwii Ko M.D., Ph.D.,
Young Hwii Ko M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Search for more papers by this author Jae Young Choi M.D., Ph.D.,
Jae Young Choi M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Search for more papers by this author Phil Hyun Song M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Phil Hyun Song M.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Correspondence: Phil Hyun Song M.D., Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 317-1 Daemyung-dong, Nam-gu, Daegu 705-035, Korea. Email:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 03 June 2018
No abstract is available for this article.
Conflict of interest
None declared.
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Figure S1. Instruction for (a) phase 3 and (c) final outcome (b) from dry-lab training. |
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Figure S2. An association between total time for phase 2 and console time for phase 3. |
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Table S1. Summary of multivariable analysis on console time in phase 3. |
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