Dissection of soft-preserved cadavers in the training of gynaecological oncologists: Report of the first UK workshop

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-356

  Barton, Desmond P J ^a   Davies, D Ceri ^b   Mahadevan, Vishy ^c   Dennis, Lee ^b   Adib, Tania ^a   Mudan, Satvinder ^a   Sohaib, Aslam ^a   Ellis, Harold ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadaveric dissection; Gynaecological oncology; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 65449152799     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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