Surgical inclination and anatomy teaching at the University of Auckland

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1056-1059

  Insull, Phillip J ^a,b   Kejriwal, Ritwik ^a   Blyth, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Whakatane Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Medical education; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; ANATOMY; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 33845638246     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03942.x     Document Type: Article

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