Surgical specialty procedures in rural surgery practices: Implications for rural surgery training

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1007-1013

  Sticca, Robert P ^a   Mullin, Brady C ^a   Harris, Joel D ^a   Hosford, Clint C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Rural surgery; Rural surgery training; Specialty procedures

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EYE SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NORTH DAKOTA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH DAKOTA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84870994996     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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