The role of blinded interviews in the assessment of surgical residency candidates

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-146

  Miles, William S ^a   Shaw, Victor ^a   Risucci, Donald ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind interviews; Residency candidate assessment; Surgical resident training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY;

EID: 0034808211     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00668-7     Document Type: Article

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