Will you be my first colonoscopy patient? Planning simulator training for novice endoscopists

The Box Simulator Is Useful for Training Novice Endoscopists in Basic Endoscopic Techniques

PURPOSE The present study was aimed at evaluating the usefulness of box simulators for training novice endoscopists. MATERIALS AND METHODS An explanation of the goals, contents, and features of the simulator was given to study participants. The participants then received "hands-on training" in gastrointestinal endoscopy techniques using a box simulator. Subsequently, they were asked to answer...

Visuo-spatial ability in colonoscopy simulator training

Visuo-spatial ability is associated with a quality of performance in a variety of surgical and medical skills. However, visuo-spatial ability is typically assessed using Visualization tests only, which led to an incomplete understanding of the involvement of visuo-spatial ability in these skills. To remedy this situation, the current study investigated the role of a broad range of visuo-spatial...

When Will My Esophagus Be Fixed?

CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. *Correspondence: Hiroto Miwa, MD, PhD Division of Upper Gastroenterology, Department of ...

Will You be My Friend? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Friendster.com

With our increasingly impersonal and time-constrained world, many claim they are so busy that they do not have the time to find dates the old-fashioned way. Instead, more and more singles place personal ads in the mass media to find dates. Newspapers, the telephone, television and websites are among the places used to find “the one.” Essentially, personal ads are a meta-statement about the kind...

There Will Never Be Another You.