How prepared are your interns to take calls? Results of a multi-institutional study of simulated pages to prepare medical students for surgery internship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-315

  Frischknecht, Adam C ^a,b   Boehler, Margaret L ^c   Schwind, Cathy J ^c   Brunsvold, Melissa E ^d,e   Gruppen, Larry D ^b   Brenner, Michael J ^b   Hauge, Linnea S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary communication; Residency training; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; RESIDENCY TRAINING; SIMULATION; SURGICAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905079389     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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