Continuing medical education activity and American Board of Surgery examination performance

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 604-609

  Rhodes, Robert S ^a   Biesten, Thomas W ^a   Ritchie Jr , Wallace P ^a   Malangoni, Mark A ^a   Richardson, J David ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0037389996     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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