Assessing surgical skill

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1886-1889

  Khan, M S ^a,b   Bann, S D ^a   Darzi, A ^a   Butler, P E M ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DERMATOME; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IN TRAINING ASSESSMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; PEER REVIEW; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SKILL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TECHNICAL SKILL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND CLOSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0642303044     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000091244.89368.3B     Document Type: Review

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