Transatlantic comparison of the competence of surgeons at the start of their professional career

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Schijven, M P ^a   Reznick, R K ^c   Cate, O Th J Ten ^b   Grantcharov, T P ^c   Regehr, G ^c,d   Satterthwaite, L ^d   Thijssen, A S ^b   MacRae, H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 76649097646     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6858     Document Type: Article

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