The impact of patient volume on surgical trauma training in a Scandinavian trauma centre

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1288-1292

  Gaarder, Christine ^a   Skaga, Nils Oddvar ^a   Eken, Torsten ^b   Pillgram Larsen, Johan ^a   Buanes, Trond ^a   Naess, Paal Aksel ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Non operative management; Patient volume; Surgical education; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCANDINAVIA; SKILL; SURGICAL INJURY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 26444528883     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.06.034     Document Type: Article

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