Global Health in General Surgery Residency: A National Survey

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-433

  Jayaraman, Sudha P ^a   Ayzengart, Alexander L ^a   Goetz, Laura H ^b   Ozgediz, Doruk ^c   Farmer, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FORECASTING; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 60149100642     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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