Left-handedness - a handicap for training in surgery?

Tchantchaleishvili, Vakhtang; Myers, Patrick Olivier

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.06.001

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Left-handedness - a handicap for training in surgery?

ContributorsTchantchaleishvili, Vakhtang; Myers, Patrick Olivier

Published inJournal of surgical education, vol. 67, no. 4, p. 233-236

Publication date2010

Abstract

Left-handedness was historically considered a disability and a social stigma, and teachers would make efforts to suppress it in their students. Little data are available on the impact of left-handedness on surgical training. This report reviews available data on this subject.

Keywords

Functional Laterality
General Surgery/education
Humans
Mentors
Surgical Instruments
Surgical Procedures, Operative/education

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research group

Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire (105)

Citation (ISO format)

TCHANTCHALEISHVILI, Vakhtang, MYERS, Patrick Olivier. Left-handedness - a handicap for training in surgery? In: Journal of surgical education, 2010, vol. 67, n° 4, p. 233–236. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.06.001

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PID : unige:30529
DOI : 10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.06.001
PMID : 20816359

ISSN of the journal1878-7452

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Left-handedness - a handicap for training in surgery?

Left-handedness was historically considered a disability and a social stigma, and teachers would make efforts to suppress it in their students. Little data are available on the impact of left-handedness on surgical training. This report reviews available data on this subject.

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