Broad-based fellowships: A cornerstone of minimally invasive surgery education and dissemination

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Balaa, F ^a   Moloo, H ^a   Poulin, E C ^a   Haggar, F ^a   Trottier, D C ^a   Boushey, R P ^a   Mamazza, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fellowship; Gastrointestinal; Laparoscopic; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34848870617     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350607305374     Document Type: Article

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