Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education technical skills competency compliance: urologic surgical skills.

Lara Hammond; Janet Ketchum; Bradley F Schwartz

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Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education technical skills competency compliance: urologic surgical skills.

September 14, 2005

Hammond L, Ketchum J, Schwartz BF. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;201(3).

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The authors implemented a set of eight laboratory practicums to develop urologic surgical skills. Evaluations by participants indicated that they acquired technical experience through repetition in a low-stress environment with no threat to patient safety.

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