Medical student perceptions of the scope of plastic and reconstructive surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-349

  Agarwal, Jayant P ^a   Mendenhall, Shaun D ^b   Moran, Linh A ^a   Hopkins, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmetic surgery; hand surgery; medical student education; misperceptions of plastic surgery; perceptions of plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873993601     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31823b6c19     Document Type: Article

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