Development of a charting method to monitor the individual performance of surgeons at the beginning of their career

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Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Duclos, Antoine ^a,b,i,j   Carty, Matthew J ^b   Peix, Jean Louis ^c,i   Colin, Cyrille ^a,i,j   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^b   Kraimps, Jean Louis ^d,i   Menegaux, Fabrice ^e   Pattou, François ^f,i,k   Sebag, Fréderic ^g   Voirin, Nicolas ^h,i,l   Touzet, Sandrine ^a,i,j   Bourdy, Stéphanie ^a,i,j   Lifante, Jean Christophe ^b,i   Carty, Matthew ⁱ   Lipsitz, Stuart ⁱ   Arnalsteen, Laurent ⁱ   Caizzo, Robert ⁱ   Carnaille, Bruno ⁱ   Dezfoulian, Guelareh ⁱ   Eberle, Carole ⁱ   El Khatib, Ziad ⁱ   Fernandez, Emmanuel ⁱ   Lamblin, Antoine ⁱ   Six, Marie France ⁱ   Bouveret, Laetitia ⁱ   Guibert, Benoît ⁱ   Le Pogam, Marie Annick ⁱ   Singier, Gaétan ⁱ   Soardo, Pietro ⁱ   Auquier, Pascal ⁱ   Henry, Jean François ⁱ   Morando, Claire ⁱ   Sebag, Frédéric ⁱ   van Slycke, Sam ⁱ   Akrout, Inès ⁱ   Benmiloud, Fares ⁱ   Chigot, Jean Paul ⁱ   Colombet, Isabelle ⁱ   Godiris Petit, Gaëlle ⁱ   Leyre, Pierre ⁱ   Ménégaux, Fabrice ⁱ   Noullet, Séverine ⁱ   Royer, Benoît ⁱ   Tresallet, Christophe ⁱ   Desurmont, Thibault ⁱ   Dominguez, Claudia ⁱ   Odasso, Chiara ⁱ   Rouleau, Laetitia ⁱ   Chapuis, Yves Louis ⁱ   Durieux, Pierre ⁱ   Lepape, Alain ⁱ   Triponez, Frédéric ⁱ   more..

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ EA Santé Individu Société 4129 ^*

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^k UNIV LILLE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CUMULATIVE SUM CHART; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGEON; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84864487645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041944     Document Type: Article

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