The impact of early career specialization on licensing requirements and related educational implications

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-139

  Gonnella, Joseph S ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Erdmann, James B ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early career specialization; Graduate medical education; Licensing examination; Performance assessment; Physician competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003127345     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00159277     Document Type: Article

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