Resident work hour restrictions impact chief resident operative experience

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1065-1068

  Christmas, A Britton ^a   Brintzenhoff, Rita A ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a   Schmelzer, Thomas M ^a   Bolton, Sandra D ^a   Miles, William S ^a   Thomason, Michael H ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; INJURY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70450237297     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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