Assessing the Surgical Decision Making Abilities of Novice and Proficient Urologists

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2251-2256

  Chatterjee, Suman ^a   Ng, Jon ^a   Kwan, Kevin ^a   Matsumoto, Edward D ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

internship and residency; medical staff; questionnaires; students, medical; urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOSCOPY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SURGEON;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049107463     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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