Measuring the surgical 'learning curve': Methods, variables and competency

BJU International

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 504-508

  Khan, Nuzhath ^a   Abboudi, Hamid ^a   Khan, Mohammed Shamim ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education; learning curve; urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EXPERT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EDUCATION; LEARNING CURVE; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; LEARNING CURVE; UROLOGY;

EID: 84896725531     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12197     Document Type: Article

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