Surgical Training Models: A New Vision

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 565-623

  Stain, Steven C ^a   Cogbill, Thomas H ^b,c   Ellison, E Christopher ^d   Britt, L D ^e   Ricotta, John J ^f,g   Calhoun, John H ^h   Baumgartner, William A ⁱ  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

ⁱ Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY; AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EVOLUTION; FUNDING; FUTUROLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNX SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINOR SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKILL; SPECIALIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CURRICULUM; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866027173     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: 15356337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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