Early, Intermediate, and Late Effects of a Surgical Skills "Boot Camp" on an Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 984-989

  Parent, Richard J ^a   Plerhoples, Timothy A ^a   Long, Eliza E ^a   Zimmer, Danielle M ^a   Teshome, Mediget ^a   Mohr, Catherine J ^a   Ly, Daphne P ^a   Hernandez Boussard, Tina ^a   Curet, Myriam J ^a   Dutta, Sanjeev ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL LINE PLACEMENT; CHEST TUBE INSERTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MANIKINS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952551341     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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