A "four plus" future for general surgery and vascular surgery: Maintaining the union

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1073-1077

  LoGerfo, Frank W ^a,b,c  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY; EDUCATION; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; CREDENTIALING; HUMANS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036593113     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.122151     Document Type: Article

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