Operative experience vs. competence: A curriculum concordance and learning curve analysis

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 694-698

  Abdelrahman, Tarig ^a   Long, Jennifer ^a   Egan, Richard ^a   Lewis, Wyn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competence; ISCP; procedure based assessment; surgery; training; workplace based assessment

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84959455151     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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