Implementation link between clinical practice guidelines and continuing medical education

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-93

  Dodek, Peter M ^a   Ottoson, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs); Continuing medical education (CME); Implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002199193     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.4750160204     Document Type: Article

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