Do preclinical background and clerkship experiences impact skills performance in an accelerated internship preparation course for senior medical students?

Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 768-777

  Zeng, Wenjing ^a   Woodhouse, Julie ^a   Brunt, L Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77956647881     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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