Local and national trends in general surgery residents' operative experience: Do work hour limitations negatively affect case volume in small community-based programs?

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1675-1680

  Markelov, Alexey ^a   Sakharpe, Aniket ^a   Kohli, Harjeet ^a   Livert, David ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREND STUDY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 83755186839     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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