Are general surgery residents ready to practice? A survey of the American college of surgeons board of governors and young fellows association

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Napolitano, Lena M ^a   Savarise, Mark ^b   Paramo, Juan C ^c   Soot, Laurel C ^d   Todd, S Rob ^e   Gregory, Jay ^f   Timmerman, Gary L ^g   Cioffi, William G ^h   Davis, Elisabeth ⁱ   Sachdeva, Ajit K ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Muskogee Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898779692     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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