Surgeons outperform normative controls on neuropsychologic tests, but age-related decay of skills persists

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Boom Saad, Zackary ^a   Langenecker, Scott A ^b   Bieliauskas, Linas A ^b   Graver, Christopher J ^c   O'Neill, Jillian R ^d   Caveney, Angela F ^b   Greenfield, Lazar J ^a   Minter, Rebecca M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Western State Hospital Tacoma   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB); Medical students; Psychomotor performance; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38049177647     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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