The general surgery chief resident operative experience: 23 years of national ACGME case logs

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 841-847

  Drake, Frederick Thurston ^a   Horvath, Karen D ^a   Goldin, Adam B ^b   Gow, Kenneth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; THORAX DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ACCREDITATION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84884635117     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2919     Document Type: Article

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