Call to action for general surgery-trained specialists maintain both breadth and depth

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 209-210

  Doherty, Gerard M ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; CAREER PLANNING; CERTIFICATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961789639     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4653     Document Type: Short Survey

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