Confidence crisis among general surgery residents a systematic review and qualitative discourse analysis

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1166-1175

  Elfenbein, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; GRADUATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SELF CONFIDENCE; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 85011324281     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2792     Document Type: Review

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