Surgical residency and attrition: Defining the individual and programmatic factors predictive of trainee losses

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 461-471

  Sullivan, Michael C ^a   Yeo, Heather ^c   Roman, Sanziana A ^d   Ciarleglio, Maria M ^b   Cong, Xiangyu ^b   Bell Jr , Richard H ^e   Sosa, Julie A ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABS RR; American Board of Surgery resident roster; hazard ratio; HR; National Study of Expectations and Attitudes of Residents in Surgery; NEARS; PGY; postgraduate year

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873993171     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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