A randomized comparison of a 3-week and 6-week vascular surgery simulation course on junior surgical residents' performance of an end-to-side anastomosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1771-1781

  Robinson III, William P ^a   Schanzer, Andres ^a   Cutler, Bruce S ^a   Baril, Donald T ^a   Larkin, Anne C ^a   Eslami, Mohammed H ^a   Arous, Elias J ^a   Messina, Louis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SKILL; SUTURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84870192011     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.06.105     Document Type: Article

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