An acute care surgery rotation contributes significant general surgical operative volume to residency training compared with other rotations

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 590-594

  Stanley, Matthew D ^a   Davenport, Daniel L ^a   Procter, Levi D ^a   Perry, Jacob E ^a   Kearney, Paul A ^a   Bernard, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Case log; General surgery residents; Operative volume

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SPLEEN SURGERY; STOMACH SURGERY;

CAREER CHOICE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79952777300     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318203386a     Document Type: Article

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