Career plans and perceptions in readiness to practice of graduating general surgery residents in Canada

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-211

  Nadler, Ashlie ^a   Ashamalla, Shady ^b   Escallon, Jaime ^c,d   Ahmed, Najma ^e   Wright, Frances C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

career plans; competence; general surgery; graduates; residency; work hour restrictions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GRADUATE; GROIN DISSECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; ONCOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925139504     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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