New surgical consultants: Is there a learning curve?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1081-1084

  Sywak, Mark S ^a,b   Yeh, Michael W ^a   Sidhu, Stan B ^a   Barraclough, Bruce H ^a   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypoparathyroidism; Learning curve; Outcome; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGERY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33845657284     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03950.x     Document Type: Article

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