title: Training a competent surgeon.
abstract: Residency education is evolving into a competency model. Defining and evaluating competence are new paradigms that must be rapidly inserted into residency programs to satisfy residency requirements.
authors.affiliation: Podiatry Service, University Hospital-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 150 Bergen Street, G-142, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. wallacgf@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: George F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011032:Podiatry / Q000193:education*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*