A structured self-directed basic skills curriculum results in improved technical performance in the absence of expert faculty teaching

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 808-814

  Wright, Andrew S ^a   McKenzie, Jill ^b   Tsigonis, Abraham ^c   Jensen, Aaron R ^a   Figueredo, Edgar J ^a   Kim, Sara ^d   Horvath, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Gunderson Lutheran Medical Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT HANDLING; KNOT TYING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF GUIDED BASIC SURGICAL SKILL CURRICULUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; WOUND CLOSURE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84861597018     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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