Undergraduate surgical training: Variations in program objectives and curriculum implementation across Canada

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-50

  Forbes, Shawn S ^a   Fitzgerald, Peter G ^a   Birch, Daniel W ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY;

CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY;

EID: 33645068903     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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