Neurosurgery certification in member societies of the WFNS: Global overview

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 231-238

  Gasco, Jaime ^a   Barber, Sean M ^a   McCutcheon, Ian E ^b   Black, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Board certification; Education; Neurosurgery boards; Neurosurgery training; WFNS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEDERATION OF NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETIES; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECERTIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 80053977493     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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