Surgical residents' perception of competence and relevance of the clinical curriculum to future practice

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 792-797

  Fronza, Jeffrey Scott ^a   Prystowsky, Jay P ^a   Darosa, Debra ^a   Fryer, Jonathan P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical Knowledge; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Systems Based Practice

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; AMPUTATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; ORCHIDOPEXY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PYLOROMYOTOMY; RATING SCALE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RESIDENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; STUDENT T TEST; THORACOTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WEDGE RESECTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84868147728     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.05.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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