Sustained supervised practice on a coronary anastomosis simulator increases medical student interest in surgery, unsupervised practice does not

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2057-2063

  Lou, Xiaoying ^a   Enter, Daniel ^a   Sheen, Luke ^a   Adams, Katherine ^a   Reed, Carolyn E ^b   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Calhoon, John H ^c   Verrier, Edward D ^d   Lee, Richard ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION; SURGEON; TRAINING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; REFERENCE VALUES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878241231     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.045     Document Type: Article

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