Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment?: A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs
Journal
World Journal of SurgeryAbstract
Effective humanitarian surgeons require skills in general surgery, OB/GYN, orthopedics, and urology. With increasing specialization, it is unclear whether US general surgery residents are receiving exposure to these disparate fields. We sought to assess the preparedness of graduating American surgical residents for humanitarian deployment.Publisher
Springer International PublishingPubMed ID
28779383Language
enISSN
1432-2323ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s00268-017-4137-x