Deliberate practice, domain-specific expertise, and implications for surgical education in current climes

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-317

  Kirkman, Matthew A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACGME duty hours; deliberate practice; domain specific exper tise; European working time directive; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; FEEDBACK; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84876664367     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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