Ceiling effect in technical skills of surgical residents

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-300

  Munz, Yaron ^a,b   Moorthy, Krishna ^a   Bann, Simon ^a   Shah, Jyoti ^a   Ivanova, Sneizana ^a   Darzi, Sir Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment; Experience; Surgical competence; Technical skills

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISSECTION; EVALUATION; EXCISION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644236006     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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