Surgeons' attitude toward a competency-based training and assessment program: Results of a multicenter survey

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 647-654

  Hopmans, Cornelis J ^a   Den Hoed, Pieter T ^b   Wallenburg, Iris ^c   Van Der Laan, Lijkckle ^d   Van Der Harst, Erwin ^e   Van Der Elst, Maarten ^f   Mannaerts, Guido H H ^g   Dawson, Imro ^h   Van Lanschot, Jan J B ^a   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Maasstad Hospital   (Netherlands)

^f REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^h IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical competence; educational measurement; general surgery; postgraduate training; program evaluation; quantitative research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; POSTGRADUATE TRAINING; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT; PROFESSIONALISM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84884146292     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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