Specialist anatomy: Is the structure of teaching adequate?

Surgeon

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 312-317

  Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Rowland, Simon ^a   Patel, Vanash M ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Davies, D Ceri ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Paraskeva, Paraskevas A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Assessment; Minimally invasive surgery; Skills; Teaching; Training

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANATOMY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 82855166065     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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