A Surgical Skills Elective Can Improve Student Confidence Prior to Internship

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Peyre, Sarah E ^a   Peyre, Christian G ^a   Sullivan, Maura E ^a   Towfigh, Shirin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

education; medical school curriculum; medical student; resident; skills lab; surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646259692     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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