Entrustment of General Surgery Residents in the Operating Room: Factors Contributing to Provision of Resident Autonomy
Journal of the American College of SurgeonsPublished 6 June 2014
Nicholas R. Teman, Paul G. Gauger, Patricia B. Mullan, John L. Tarpley, Rebecca M. Minter
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Several factors that attending surgeons report as significant limitations to transitioning autonomy to surgical residents in the operating room must be addressed in a direct manner if progressive graduated responsibility to independence is to occur in the next era of graduate surgical training.
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This study identified several factors that attending surgeons report as significant limitations to transitioning autonomy to surgical residents in the operating room. These issues must be addressed in a direct manner if progressive graduated responsibility to independence is to occur in the next era of graduate surgical training.
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