Commentary: The role of global surgery electives during residency training: Relevance, realities, and regulations

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-332

  Axt, Jason ^a   Nthumba, Peter M ^a,b   Mwanzia, Kamene ^b   Hansen, Erik ^a,b   Tarpley, Margaret J ^a   Krishnaswami, Sanjay ^c   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^d   Holterman, Ai Xuan ^e   Nadler, Evan P ^f   Simeone, Diane ^g   Orloff, Susan ^c   Tarpley, John L ^a   Merchant, Nipun B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84873999498     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.09.014     Document Type: Note

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