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• Title:Getting cut : failing to survive surgical residency training / Virginia Adams O'Connell.
  
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• Author/Creator:O'Connell, Virginia Adams.
  
• Published/Created:Lanham : University Press of America, ©2007.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W20 .O18 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Residents (Medicine)
  Surgery--Study and teaching (Residency)
  
• Medical Subjects: Internship and Residency--United States.
  General Surgery--United States.
  
• Description:xxv, 283 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"Getting Cut examines the factors which lead to resignation from graduate residency programs by observing the dynamic interplay between the institution and individual residents. Professor O'Connell analyzes the current shortcomings in the process of selection, and looks at how the culture, structure, and organization of these educational programs affect the drop out rate once residents have been accepted."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-277) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780761836629 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  0761836624 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• 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.