The importance of residency program size and location on American Osteopathic Board of Surgery In-Training Examination outcomes

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-65

  Falcone, John L ^a   Rosen, Marc E ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Neurological Surgery Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational measurement; Geographic factors; Osteopathic Medicine; Specialty Board; Surgery; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84884672022     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.02.040     Document Type: Article

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