Objective Assessment of Technical Skills in Surgery

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2003 Nov 1

PMID 14593041

Citations 144

Authors

Krishna Moorthy

Yaron Munz

Sudip K Sarker

Ara Darzi

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