Annals of surgery
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Biography Historical Article
William Francis Rienhoff, Jr., MD - Halsted's Last Resident.
: William Francis Rienhoff Jr. was a skilled and innovative surgeon whose career spanned over 4 decades of patient care, clinical investigative research, and surgical education. He was an unforgettable character for those who knew him. Colleagues, coworkers, and friends developed strong and divergent opinions of him. His professional life coincided with the early development of general and thoracic surgery to which he contributed.
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Observational Study
Rescuing the Clinical Breast Examination: Advances in Classifying Technique and Assessing Physician Competency.
Develop new performance evaluation standards for the clinical breast examination (CBE). ⋯ Our results support measurement and classification of CBE techniques and provide the foundation for a new paradigm in teaching and assessing hands-on clinical skills. The newly described piano fingers palpation technique was noted to have unusually high failure rates. Medical educators should be aware of the potential differences in effectiveness for various CBE techniques.