Towards a global understanding and standardisation of education and training in microsurgery

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-311

  Ming Leung, Clement Chi ^a   Ghanem, Ali M ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^b   Ionac, Mihai ^c   Froschauer, Stefan ^d   Myers, Simon R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d Microsurgical Training and Research Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; Microsurgery; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84880752727     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2013.40.4.304     Document Type: Article

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