Early intervention to promote medical student interest in surgery and the surgical subspecialties

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-86

  Patel, Madhukar S ^a   Khalsa, Bhavraj ^a   Rama, Asheen ^a   Jafari, Fariba ^a   Salibian, Ara ^a   Hoyt, David B ^c   Stamos, Michael J ^b   Smith, Brian R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^d VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

education; intervention; medical student; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84872825971     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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