Review of selected national surgical curricula: Quantity is not the sole marker of quality

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-240

  Singh, Pritam ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a,b   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum; residency; surgery; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL SURGERY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING; TRAINING; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY; SURGERY; TRAINING;

APTITUDE TESTS; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895513143     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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