Minimally invasive surgery fellowship does not adversely affect general surgery resident case volume: A decade of experience

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-311

  Hallowell, Peter T ^a   Dahman, Mohamed I ^a   Stokes, Jayme B ^a   Lapar, Damien J ^a   Schirmer, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fellows; Fellowship; General surgery; Laparoscopic fellowship; MIS fellowship; Residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GASTRIC BYPASS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84874040232     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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