What surgical skills rural surgeons need to master

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 919-923

  Halverson, Amy L ^a,c   Hughes, Tyler G ^d   Borgstrom, David C ^e   Sachdeva, Ajit K ^b   Darosa, Debra A ^c   Hoyt, David B ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b American College of Surgens   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HAND INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887476659     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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