A survey of the educational environment for oncologists as perceived by surgical oncology professionals in India

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Are, Chandrakanth ^a   Are, Madhuri ^b   Raj, Hemanth ^c   Manavalan, Vijayakumar ^d   Colburn, Lois ^b   Stoddard, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

^d KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Education; India; Oncology; Perceptions; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONCOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL ONCOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856049588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-18     Document Type: Article

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