Operating Room Assist: Surgical Mentorship and Operating Room Experience for Preclerkship Medical Students

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Cloyd, Jordan ^a   Holtzman, Daniel ^a   O'Sullivan, Patricia ^a   Sammann, Amanda ^a   Tendick, Frank ^a   Ascher, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

education; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Medical Knowledge; medical student; mentorship; operating room; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Professionalism; surgery; surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TEAMWORK;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; PROBABILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49049084070     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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