The American College of Surgeons/ Association of Program Directors in Surgery National Skills Curriculum: Adoption rate, challenges and strategies for effective implementation into surgical residency programs

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-20

  Korndorffer Jr , James R ^a   Arora, Sonal ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^b   Paige, John ^c   McClusky III, David A ^d   Stefanidis, Dimitris ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNDING; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SUTURING METHOD; WORKING TIME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY;

EID: 84883591884     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.04.061     Document Type: Article

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