Minimally invasive surgery training in the caribbean - a survey of general surgical residents and their trainers

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Leake, P A ^a   Qureshi, A ^b   Plummer, J ^a   Okrainec, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Developing; Laparoscopy; Residents; Survey; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 84872504714     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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