Training of Canadian general surgeons: Are they really prepared? CAGS questionnaire on surgical training

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Pollett, William G ^a,b   Dicks, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY;

EID: 21344465683     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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