Interpreting the judgment of surgical faculty regarding resident competence

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a   Donnelly, Michael B ^a   Schwartz, Richard W ^a   Sloan, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Graduate medical education; Objective structured clinical examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0032823949     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5690     Document Type: Article

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