Minimizing Surgical Error by Incorporating Objective Assessment into Surgical Education

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-291

  Champion, Howard R ^a,b   Meglan, Dwight A ^b   Shair, Ellen Kalin ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b SimQuest LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TECHNICAL AID;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549098973     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.02.038     Document Type: Article

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