Surgeons as medical school educators: An untapped resource

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Haubert, Lisa M ^a   Way, David ^b   Dephilip, Robert ^b   Tam, Marty ^b   Bishop, Julie ^a   Jones, Kenneth ^b   Moffatt Bruce, Susan D ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross anatomy; Medical curriculum; Medical education; Surgeons; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY;

ANATOMY; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79960464146     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.229     Document Type: Article

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