Proposed competencies in geriatric patient care for use in assessment for initial and continued board certification of surgical specialists

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 683-690

  Bell Jr , Richard H ^a   Drach, George W ^b   Rosenthal, Ronnie A ^c  

^a American Board of Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055074693     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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