Workweek Restrictions and Specialty-Trained Physician Assistants: Potential Opportunities

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 152-157

  Jones, P Eugene ^a   Cawley, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient Care; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Systems Based Practice

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 68949206419     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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