Benefits of mock oral examinations in a multi-institutional consortium for board certification in general surgery training

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 817-821

  Subhas, Gokulakkrishna ^a   Yoo, Stephen ^a   Chang, Yeon Jeen ^a   Peiper, David ^b   Frikker, Mark J ^b   Bouwman, David L ^b   Silbergleit, Allen ^b   Lloyd, Larry R ^b   Mittal, Vijay K ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education (SEMCME)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXAMINATION; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349782453     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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