Is a mandatory general surgery rotation necessary in the surgical clerkship?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 515-517

  Poenaru, Dan ^a   Davidson, Lindsay ^a   Donnely, Michael ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 0032101641     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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