Stress management training for surgeons-a randomized, controlled, intervention study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 488-494

  Wetzel, Cordula M ^a   George, Akram ^a   Hanna, George B ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Black, Stephen A ^a,b   Kneebone, Roger L ^a   Nestel, Debra ^c   Woloshynowych, Maria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGINATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951675152     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318209a594     Document Type: Article

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