Attracting Surgical Clerks to Surgical Careers: Role Models, Mentoring, and Engagement in the Operating Room

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Berman, Loren ^a   Rosenthal, Marjorie S ^a   Curry, Leslie A ^b   Evans, Leigh V ^a   Gusberg, Richard J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COVARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGICAL RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 55949091959     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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