What do master surgeons think of surgical competence and revalidation?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 110-116

  Cuschieri, Alfred ^a   Francis, Nader ^a   Crosby, Joy ^a   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Innate abilities; Revalidation; Selection; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034807012     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00667-5     Document Type: Article

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