An American society for surgery of the hand (ASSH) task force report on hand surgery subspecialty certification and ASSH membership

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 330-334

  Goldfarb, Charles A ^a   Andrew Lee, W P ^a   Briskey, Dawn ^a   Higgins, James P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Society for Surgery of the Hand; board certification; Certification in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand; fellowship; Hand surgery

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; E-MAIL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND; BOARD CERTIFICATION; CERTIFICATION IN THE SUBSPECIALTY OF SURGERY OF THE HAND; FELLOWSHIP; HAND SURGERY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893390980     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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