A preparation guide for surgical resident and student rotations to underserved regions

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 770-778

  Leow, Jeffrey J ^a   Groen, Reinou S ^a,b   Kingham, T Peter ^a,c   Casey, Kathleen M ^a,d   Hardy, Mark A ^a,e   Kushner, Adam L ^a,e  

^a Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^e Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; E-MAIL; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FUNDING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL ATTIRE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAVEL; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84861610851     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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