Trauma operative skills in the era of nonoperative management: The trauma exposure course (TEC)

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1091-1096

  Gunst, Mark ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Hollett, Lisa ^a   Hamill, Mark ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^a   Frankel, Heidi ^a   Shafi, Shahid ^a  

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

Author keywords

Exposure; Operations; Simulated education; Surgical education; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; LEARNING; LIMB; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF REPORT; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX; TRAUMATOLOGY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73649143546     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181bc77ba     Document Type: Article

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