Neurosurgical training: more hours needed or a new learning culture?

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Haase, Jens ^a   Boisen, Egil ^a  

^a School of Engineering   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORPUS STRIATUM; EDITORIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TEACHING;

EID: 67549106788     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.02.005     Document Type: Editorial

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