Study habits of surgery residents and performance on American Board of Surgery In-Training examinations

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-236

  Derossis, Anna M ^a   Da Rosa, Debra ^b   Schwartz, Alan ^c   Hauge, Linnea S ^d   Bordage, Georges ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Board of Surgery In Training examination; Study habits; Surgery residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE; COUNSELING; EXAMINATION; HABIT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECIALTY BOARDS; SURGERY;

EID: 4644223010     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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