Are open abdominal procedures a thing of the past ? an analysis of graduating general surgery residents' case logs from 2000 to 2011

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 683-689

  McCoy, Andrew C ^a   Gasevic, Enej ^a   Szlabick, Randolph E ^a   Sahmoun, Abe E ^a   Sticca, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME; Laparoscopic education; Minimally invasive surgery; Resident case log; Resident education; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMORAL HERNIA; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ACGME; LAPAROSCOPIC EDUCATION; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENT CASE LOG; RESIDENT EDUCATION; SURGICAL EDUCATION; SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892727366     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.09.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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