Ending the 'Learning curve'

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1454-1455

  Hellawell, Giles O ^a   Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SKILL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LEARNING; UROLOGY;

EID: 65549093633     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08409.x     Document Type: Note

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