Getting cut : failing to survive surgical residency training / Virginia Adams O'Connell.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connell, Virginia Adams
Language:English
Published: Lanham : University Press of America, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Residents (Medicine)
Surgery > Study and teaching (Residency)
Internship and Residency.
General Surgery.
United States.
Physical Description:xxv, 283 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.