National efforts to reform residency education in surgery

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1200-1210

  Sachdeva, Ajit K ^a   Bell Jr , Richard H ^b   Britt, L D ^c,d   Tarpley, John L ^e,f   Blair, Patrice Gabler ^a   Tarpley, Margaret J ^e,f  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b American Board of Surgery   (United States)

^c Residency Review Committee for Surgery

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Association of Program Directors in Surgery

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 36749084621     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318159e052     Document Type: Review

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