Medical students pursuing surgical fields have no greater innate motor dexterity than those pursuing nonsurgical fields

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-363

  Lee, Jason Y ^a   Kerbl, David C ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^a   Mucksavage, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

career selection; medical education; psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MOTOR SKILLS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84859332571     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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