Didactic surgical education by faculty: The effect on american board of surgery in-training examination percentile scores

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1176-1180

  Mahmoud, Ahmed ^a   Matolo, Nathaniel ^a   Sloan, Dean ^a   Macbeth, Andrew ^a   Chang, Tony ^a  

^a SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; LICENSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING; WORK SCHEDULE; CERTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SURGERY;

COGNITION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS; TEACHING;

EID: 33846910882     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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