Acquiring basic surgical skills: Is a faculty mentor really needed?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Jensen, Aaron R ^a,b   Wright, Andrew S ^a   Levy, Adam E ^a   McIntyre, Lisa K ^a   Foy, Hugh M ^a   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^a   Horvath, Karen D ^a   Anastakis, Dimitri J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic skills; Bowel anastomosis; Knot tying; Resident training; Simulation; Skin closure; Surgical education; Suturing; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC;

EID: 57649230806     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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