An increasing demand for integrated vascular residency training far outweighs the limited supply of positions

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1513-1518

  Schanzer, Andres ^a   Nahmias, Jeff ^a   Korenda, Kathleen ^a   Eslami, Mohammad ^a   Arous, Elias ^a   Messina, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70549086764     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.061     Document Type: Article

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