Perceptions regarding cardiothoracic surgical training at Veterans Affairs hospitals

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1107-1113

  Bakaeen, Faisal G ^a,b,g   Stephens, Elizabeth H ^a   Chu, Danny ^a,b   Holman, William L ^c   Vaporciyan, Ara A ^d   Merrill, Walter H ^e   Grover, Frederick L ^f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX SURGERY; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954621203     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.043     Document Type: Article

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