Training Requirements and Credentialing for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery-What are Our Responsibilities?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 828-829

  Schwartz, Bradley F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INFORMED CONSENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD;

CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 68149162570     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.06.074     Document Type: Editorial

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