The influence of surgical training on the practice of surgery. Are changes necessary?
Changes in health care financing are having a significant effect on surgical practice. These changes require adjustments in what surgical trainees must learn as well as where and how they must learn. To ensure educational quality, surgical educators must have a clear definition of their educational mission.
Stone
M D
MD
Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Doyle
J
J
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