The effect of residency and fellowship type on hand surgery clinical practice patterns

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 179-186

  Mehta, Karan ^a   Pierce, Paul ^a   Chiu, David T W ^a   Thanik, Vishal ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY;

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HAND; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84925282719     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000786     Document Type: Article

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