Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 976-978 , October 2004

Reliability and validity of an objective assessment instrument of laparoscopic skill

  • Zorana Mayooran, B.E.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Luk Rombauts, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • T.Ian H. Brown, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
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  • Jim Tsaltas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Kym Fraser, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for the Advancement of University Learning, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • David L. Healy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David L. Healy, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Level 5, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton 3168 Victoria, Australia (FAX: 61-03-9594-6389

Received 29 October 2003 ,Revised 26 May 2004 ,Accepted 26 May 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.05.067

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 976-978 , October 2004

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