Forceps delivery volumes in teaching and Nonteaching hospitals: Are volumes sufficient for physicians to acquire and maintain competence?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-76

  Kyser, Kathy L ^a   Lu, Xin ^b   Santillan, Donna ^b   Santillan, Mark ^b   Caughey, Aaron B ^c   Wilson, Mark C ^b   Cram, Peter ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84893639137     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000048     Document Type: Article

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