Factors influencing the decision of surgery residency graduates to pursue general surgery practice versus fellowship

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 449-454

  Klingensmith, Mary E ^a   Cogbill, Thomas H ^b   Luchette, Frederick ^c   Biester, Thomas ^d   Samonte, Kelli ^d   Jones, Andrew ^d   Lewis, Frank R ^d   Malangoni, Mark A ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d American Board of Surgery Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Career selection; General surgery; Graduate medical education; Surgery residency; Surgery workforce

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POLYPECTOMY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942511637     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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