The role of humanitarian missions in modern surgical training

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 295-302

  Campbell, Alex ^a,b   Sherman, Randy ^a,b   Magee, William P ^a,b  

^a and Operation Smile International ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TEACHING;

EID: 77954626564     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181dab618     Document Type: Article

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