Interventions to address challenges associated with the transition from residency training to independent surgical practice

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 867-882

  Sachdeva, Ajit K ^a   Flynn, Timothy C ^b,c   Brigham, Timothy P ^b   Dacey, Ralph G ^d   Napolitano, Lena M ^e   Bass, Barbara L ^f   Philibert, Ingrid ^b   Blair, Patrice Gabler ^a   Lupi, Linda K ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPECIALIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84899949012     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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