American Board of Thoracic Surgery examination: Fewer graduates, more failures

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1464-1470

  Moffatt Bruce, Susan D ^a   Ross, Patrick ^a   Williams, Thomas E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRADUATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84899967029     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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