Mersey deanery ophthalmology trainees’ views of the objective assessment of surgical and technical skills (OSATS) workplace-based assessment tool

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Tsagkataki, Myrto ^a   Choudhary, Anshoo ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Objective assessment of surgical and technical skills; Ophthalmology training; Workplace based assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901619129     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-013-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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