The state of performance on the American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination and Certifying Examination and the effect of residency program size on program pass rates

Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-642

  Falcone, John L ^a   Hamad, Giselle G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LICENSING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; COHORT STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859788528     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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