Surgical experts: Born or made?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 773-778

  Sadideen, Hazim ^a,b   Alvand, Abtin ^c   Saadeddin, Munir ^d   Kneebone, Roger ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Competence; Expertise; Simulation; Surgical education; Surgical experts; Training

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL THEORY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK;

COMPETENCE; EXPERTISE; SIMULATION; SURGICAL EDUCATION; SURGICAL EXPERTS; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS;

EID: 84887172658     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.07.001     Document Type: Review

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