Neurosurgical resident education in Europe—results of a multinational survey

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-15

  Stienen, Martin N ^a   Netuka, David ^b   Demetriades, Andreas K ^c   Ringel, Florian ^d   Gautschi, Oliver P ^a   Gempt, Jens ^d   Kuhlen, Dominique ^e   Schaller, Karl ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; European working time directive; Future perspectives; Neurosurgery; Resident education; Satisfaction rate; Spine surgery; Surgical education; Surgical training; Training conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE SURGERY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SPAIN; SPINE SURGERY; STUDENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CERTIFICATION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84951906432     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-015-2632-0     Document Type: Article

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