The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-454

  Henry, Jaymie A ^a   Groen, Reinou S ^a,b   Price, Raymond R ^a,c   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^a,d   Kingham, T Peter ^a,e   Hardy, Mark A ^a,f   Kushner, Adam L ^a,f  

^a Surgeons OverSeas (SOS)   (United States)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Intermountain Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENT; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ACCREDITATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875211477     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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