Is there a learning curve in foot and ankle surgery?

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-65

  Walton, Roger ^a   Theodorides, Anthony ^b   Molloy, Andy ^c   Melling, David ^a  

^a Mersey Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Bristol Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Foot and ankle; Functional outcome; Learning curve; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULL HYPOTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856739690     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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