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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Doctor and Patient: Interns at the Operating Table - NYTimes.com



included in the article:
This month The Journal of the American College of Surgeons published the results of a study on how well patients come through when a surgeon-in-training is involved in the operation.

(STUDY DESIGN:

We identified 607,683 surgical cases from 234 hospitals from the 2006 to 2009 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). Outcomes were compared by resident involvement for all general and vascular cases as well as for specific general surgical procedures.)