So you want to become a plastic surgeon? what you need to do and know to get into a plastic surgery residency

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 419-422

  Nagarkar, Purushottam ^a,b   Pulikkottil, Benson ^a,b   Patel, Anup ^a,b   Rohrich, Rod J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PLASTIC SURGERY;

CAREER CHOICE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84873313054     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31827c71bb     Document Type: Review

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