Certification examination cases of candidates for certification by the American board of plastic surgery: Trends in practice profiles spanning a decade (2000 to 2009)

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 568-576

  Chung, Kevin C ^a,b   Song, Jae W ^a,b   Shauver, Melissa J ^a,b   Cullison, Terry M ^a,b   Noone, R Barrett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTY BOARDS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051523605     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31821b6307     Document Type: Article

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