Performance improvement: Getting an early start

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 774-779

  Morales, Carlos S ^a   Kontonicolas, Foula ^a   Volpe, Anita Ayrandjian ^a   Saldinger, Pierre F ^a   Fukumoto, Royd ^a  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies; National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP); performance improvement; quality measures; resident champion; surgical education

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868094882     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.06.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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