Microsurgery education in residency training: Validating an online curriculum

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-414

  Satterwhite, Thomas ^a   Son, Ji ^a   Carey, Joseph ^a   Zeidler, Kamakshi ^a   Bari, Sina ^a   Gurtner, Geoffrey ^a   Chang, James ^a   Lee, Gordon K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

microsurgery; online education; residency; surgery simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84858826199     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31823b6a1a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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