Training in microsurgical skills: Does course-based learning deliver

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-485

  Atkins, Joanne L ^a   Kalu, Peter U ^a   Lannon, Declan A ^a   Green, Colin J ^b   Butler, Peter E M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MICROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 26844571830     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20150     Document Type: Article

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