Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 123-128 , May 2009

A Regional Perspective on the Attitudes of Fourth-Year Medical Students Toward the Field of General Surgery

  • Chandrakanth Are, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Inquiries to Chandrakanth Are, MD, Department of Surgery, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4030; fax: (402) 559-7900
    • ,
  • Hugh A. Stoddard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Curriculum and Educational Research Office, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
    • ,
  • Kathryn Huggett, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Medical Education, Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
    • ,
  • John Franzen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
    • ,
  • Andrea Mack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
    • ,
  • Jon S. Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

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PII: S1931-7204(09)00002-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2009.01.001

Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 123-128 , May 2009

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