http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/laparoscopy-recertification.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/laparoscopy-recertification.html#comment-82552 Anonymous Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/laparoscopy-recertification.html#comment-82552 What a joke? I can fly a plane on my computer, but you wouldn't want to me flying the real thing. Besdides, those simulators don;t even come close to the real thing. Have someone watch a case. How difficult is that. I've seen a lot of other people operate. You can tell when someone is struggling or if it is really a difficult case. What a joke? I can fly a plane on my computer, but you wouldn’t want to me flying the real thing. Besdides, those simulators don;t even come close to the real thing. Have someone watch a case. How difficult is that. I’ve seen a lot of other people operate. You can tell when someone is struggling or if it is really a difficult case.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/laparoscopy-recertification.html#comment-82530 Anonymous Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/laparoscopy-recertification.html#comment-82530 That would be great.....if there was actually some real, hard data that it makes one iota of difference that you can pass a "test" on a simulation device. Perhaps, it would be better to look at outcomes, but that would take a bit of time and thought. This is simply another in a long list of namby pamby hoops for physicians to jump through that are done as window dressing, rather than a serious attempt at evaluation of skills. That would be great…..if there was actually some real, hard data that it makes one iota of difference that you can pass a “test” on a simulation device. Perhaps, it would be better to look at outcomes, but that would take a bit of time and thought. This is simply another in a long list of namby pamby hoops for physicians to jump through that are done as window dressing, rather than a serious attempt at evaluation of skills.

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