Protected block curriculum enhances learning during general surgery residency training

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-166

  Webb, Travis P ^a,b   Weigelt, John A ^a   Redlich, Philip N ^a   Anderson, Rebecca C ^a   Brasel, Karen J ^a   Simpson, Deborah ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL;

EID: 61449098528     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2008.558     Document Type: Article

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