Society of Neurological Surgeons boot camp courses: Knowledge retention and relevance of hands-on learning after 6 months of postgraduate year 1 training

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 796-802

  Selden, Nathan R ^a   Anderson, Valerie C ^a   McCartney, Shirley ^a   Origitano, Thomas C ^b   Burchiel, Kim J ^a   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boot camp; Education; Neurological surgery; PGY1; Residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84881168945     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.JNS122114     Document Type: Article

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