The impact of the national treatment purchase fund on numbers of core urology training cases at University Hospital Galway

Surgeon

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 147-149

  Harney, T J ^a   Dowling, C M ^a   Brady, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

National treatment purchase fund; NTPF; Surgical training; Urologytraining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRELAND; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79960962430     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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