Presidential address: Thoracic surgery education - Responding to a changing environment

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1235-1242

  Crawford Jr , Fred A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPYEMA; HEART SURGERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345331020     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00814-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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