Open AccessThe Education Of A Surgeon
Author(s) -
John G. Raffensperger
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archives of surgery and surgical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2689-3126
DOI - 10.24966/asse-3126/100008
Subject(s) - specialty , surgeon general , medical education , general practice , general education , medicine , medical school , general hospital , psychology , family medicine , general surgery , nursing , pedagogy , public health
In the not so distant past a surgeon was defined as a doctor who was skilled with the knife. At the time I attended medical school and trained in general surgery from 1949 to 1960, students learned general medicine as a basis for general practice or a specialty.