Surgical education to improve the quality of patient care: The role of practice-based learning and improvement

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1379-1383

  Sachdeva, Ajit K ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing surgical education; Continuous professional development of surgeons; Practice based learning and improvement in surgery; Quality of surgical care; Surgical patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SURGERY;

ACCREDITATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

EID: 35148820753     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0261-5     Document Type: Article

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