Graduate Medical Education in Trauma/Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. Defining Goals for a New Workforce

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1055-1064

  Kelly, Edward ^a   Rogers, Selwyn O ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Critical care; Emergency surgery; Fellowship; Graduate medical education; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864368587     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2012.04.006     Document Type: Review

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