Spine surgery training: Is it time to consider categorical spine surgery residency?

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1513-1518

  Daniels, Alan H ^a   Ames, Christopher P ^b   Garfin, Steven R ^c   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^d   Riew, K Daniel ^e   Smith, Justin S ^d   Anderson, Paul A ^f   Hart, Robert A ^g  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 84937805606     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.08.452     Document Type: Note

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