Knowing the operative game plan: A novel tool for the assessment of surgical procedural knowledge

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Balayla, Jacques ^a,b   Bergman, Simon ^a,b   Ghitulescu, Gabriela ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^c   Fraser, Shannon A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865216645     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.015411     Document Type: Article

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