Operative experience of surgery residents: Trends and challenges

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 783-788

  Malangoni, Mark A ^a   Biester, Thomas W ^a   Jones, Andrew T ^a   Klingensmith, Mary E ^a,b   Lewis, Frank R ^a  

^a American Board of Surgery Inc   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Resident education; Surgical volume; Technical skill

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL COUNCIL ON RESIDENT EDUCATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENT EDUCATION; SURGICAL VOLUME; SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE; TECHNICAL SKILL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84892785676     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.09.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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