Orthopaedic specialist registrar training and attitudes to spine surgery in the United Kingdom: Reasons for poor recruitment and suggestions for improvement

European Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 515-518

  Conn, Kevin S ^a,b,c   Sharp, David J ^a   Gardner, Alan D H ^d  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b East Anglian Training Programme   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Essex Spin Research/Education Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Recruitment; Registrar; Spinal; Surgery; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACK PAIN; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCIATICA;

EID: 0036456230     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-001-0380-8     Document Type: Article

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