Viewpoint: Competency in surgical residency training: Defining and raising the bar

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-573

  Bhatti, Nasir I ^a   Cummings, Charles W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SURGERY; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249651329     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3180555bfb     Document Type: Review

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