Resident continuity of care experience: a casualty of ambulatory surgery and current patient admission practices
The American Journal of SurgeryPublished 22 January 2007
Adrienne Melck, Eric Weber, Ravi Sidhu
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Changes in health care delivery have outpaced changes in the structure of surgical education, resulting in suboptimal continuity of care experiences for trainees, and Residency programs must adapt their curricula to include adequate ambulatory experience.
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Changes in health care delivery have outpaced changes in the structure of surgical education, resulting in suboptimal continuity of care experiences for trainees. Residency programs must adapt their curricula to include adequate ambulatory experience.
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