Comparison of Resident Operative Case Logs During a Surgical Oncology Rotation in the United States and an International Rotation in India

Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-40

  Kolkman, Paul ^a,b,c   Soliman, Mohsin ^a,b,c   Kolkman, Marcy ^a,b,c   Stack, Apollo ^a,b,c   Rao, T Subramanyeshwar ^a,b,c   Mukta, Srinivasulu ^a,b,c   Schmid, Kendra ^a,b,c   Thompson, Jon ^a,b,c   Are, Chandrakanth ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Case logs; General surgery residency; International rotations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL ROTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATIVE CASE LOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84928611690     PISSN: 09757651     EISSN: 09766952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13193-015-0389-9     Document Type: Article

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