Resident operative experience in general surgery, plastic surgery, and urology 5 years after implementation of the ACGME duty hour policy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-389

  Simien, Christopher ^a   Holt, Kathleen D ^a,b   Richter, Thomas H ^a   Whalen, Thomas V ^c   Coburn, Michael ^d   Havlik, Robert J ^e   Miller, Rebecca S ^a  

^a Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TIME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955171653     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e62299     Document Type: Article

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