Overcoming obstacles to resident-patient continuity of care

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 618-622

  Turner, Jonathan P ^a   Rodriguez, Heron E ^b   Daskin, Mark S ^c   Mehrotra, Sanjay ^d   Speicher, Paul ^e   Darosa, Debra A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84858709669     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182468dcf     Document Type: Article

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