Delay in taking the American Board of Surgery qualifying examination affects examination performance

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 738-746

  Malangoni, Mark A ^a   Jones, Andrew T ^a   Rubright, Jonathan ^a   Biester, Thomas W ^a   Buyske, Jo ^a   Lewis Jr , Frank R ^a  

^a American Board of Surgery   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIALTY BOARDS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867040919     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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