Tracking the learning curve in microsurgical skill acquisition

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Selber, Jesse C ^a   Chang, Edward I ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Suami, Hiroo ^a   Adelman, David M ^a   Garvey, Patrick ^a   Hanasono, Matthew M ^a   Butler, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866999646     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318262f14a     Document Type: Article

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