Perceptions of graduating general surgery chief residents: Are they confident in their training?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 695-703

  Friedell, Mark L ^a   Vandermeer, Thomas J ^b   Cheatham, Michael L ^c   Fuhrman, George M ^d   Schenarts, Paul J ^e   Mellinger, John D ^f   Morris, Jon B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SELF EFFICACY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896490043     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.12.022     Document Type: Article

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