The effect of the accreditation council for graduate medical education duty hours policy on plastic surgery resident education and patient care: An outcomes study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1878-1887

  Basu, Chandrasekhar Bob ^a   Chen, Li Mei ^a   Hollier Jr , Lany H ^a   Shenaq, Saleh M ^a,b  

^a Baylor College of Medicine ^*

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALERTNESS; COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POLICY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; READING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 14944354221     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000142768.07468.64     Document Type: Review

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