A preliminary review of a pilot curriculum to teach open surgical skills during general surgery residency with initial feedback

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Are, Chandrakanth ^a,b   Lomneth, Carol ^b   Stoddard, Hugh ^c   Azarow, Kenneth ^a   Thompson, Jon S ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Open surgery; Pilot curriculum; Preliminary review; Skills training; Surgery residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FACULTY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); NEBRASKA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862489684     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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