Necessity for improvement in endoscopy training during surgical residency

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-335

  Subhas, Gokulakkrishna ^a   Gupta, Aditya ^a   Mittal, Vijay K ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Endoscopy rotation; Endoscopy simulator; Endoscopy training; Surgical education; Surgical residency

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGEON;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77649298040     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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