General Surgery Versus Specialty Rotations: A New Paradigm in Surgery Clerkships

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-155

  Sandquist, Mary K ^a   Way, David P ^a   Patterson, Anna F ^a   Caniano, Donna A ^a,b   Arnold, Mark W ^a,b   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

faculty development; medical student clinical evaluation; surgery clerkship structure; undergraduate surgery education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63649164739     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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