Our trainees' confidence: Results from a national survey of 4136 US general surgery residents

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 907-914

  Bucholz, Emily M ^a   Sue, Gloria R ^a   Yeo, Heather ^a   Roman, Sanziana A ^a   Bell Jr , Richard H ^b   Sosa, Julie A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Board of Surgery Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 80051779118     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.178     Document Type: Article

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