Improving basic surgical skills for final year medical students: The value of a rural weekend

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 344-347

  House, Anthony K ^a   House, Jill ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Education; Minor; Surgical procedures; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHEST TUBES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LEARNING; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TEACHING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034029602     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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