AVAS Best Clinical Resident Award (Tied): Fate of non-designated preliminary general surgery residents seeking a categorical residency position

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 593-595

  Yoo, Peter S ^a   Kozol, Robert ^b   Reilly, Patricia ^b   Seashore, John H ^a   Duffy, Andrew ^a   Chandawarkar, Rajiv ^b   Longo, Walter E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Board certification; Career; Education; Nondesignated preliminary; Residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; TRAINING;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE;

EID: 71749097457     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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