Resident education in the era of patient safety: A nationwide analysis of outcomes and complications in resident-assisted oncologic surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3715-3724

  Castleberry, Anthony W ^a   Clary, Bryan M ^a   Migaly, John ^a   Worni, Mathias ^a,b   Ferranti, Jeffrey M ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a   Scarborough, John E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886087522     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3079-2     Document Type: Article

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