Getting cut : failing to survive surgical residency training / Virginia Adams O'Connell.
By: O'Connell, Virginia Adams.
Publisher: Lanham : University Press of America, ©2007Description: xxv, 283 p. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780761836629 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0761836624 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Residents (Medicine) | Surgery -- Study and teaching (Residency) | Internship and Residency -- United States | Surgery -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R840 .O26 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000018780 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.
The culture of surgical residency programs -- The culture of medicine and surgery -- The culture of the residency program -- Women in surgery -- Racial minorities in surgery -- Matriculation, evaluation and attrition -- Matriculation -- Evaluation -- Attrition -- The effect of program structure on resident attrition -- Resignations -- Terminations -- Problematic completers -- Evaluating honesty -- Conclusion.