Is the quality of surgical residency applicants deteriorating?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-49

  Cofer, Joseph B ^a   Biderman, Michael D ^a   Lewis, Patricia L ^a   Potts, John R ^b   Laws, Henry L ^c   O'Leary, J Patrick ^d   Richardson, J David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Carraway Methodist Medical Center   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha Omega Alpha; Quality; Surgical education; Surgical residents; United States Medical Licensing Examination scores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035096071     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00530-4     Document Type: Article

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