Cost and logistics of implementing a tissue-based American College of Surgeons/Association of Program Directors in Surgery surgical skills curriculum for general surgery residents of all clinical years

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-208

  Henry, Brandon ^a   Clark, Philip ^a   Sudan, Ranjan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS APDS skills curriculum; Costs; Quality; Safety; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SATISFACTION; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TISSUES;

ACS/APDS SKILLS CURRICULUM; COSTS; QUALITY; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL EDUCATION;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893697136     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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