Residency program trainee-satisfaction correlate with results of the European board examination in neurosurgery

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1823-1830

  Stienen, Martin N ^a   Netuka, David ^b   Demetriades, Andreas K ^c   Ringel, Florian ^d,e   Gautschi, Oliver P ^a   Gempt, Jens ^d   Kuhlen, Dominique ^f   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 UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^f REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Board examination; Country difference; EANS; European Board Examination; Neurosurgery education; Quality; Residency; Trainee satisfaction; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROATIA; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ISRAEL; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGERY; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; STUDENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME; EDUCATION; EUROPE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STANDARDS;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84982151718     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-016-2917-y     Document Type: Article

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