Use of focus groups for identifying specialty needs of primary care physicians

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 244-250

  Gelula, Mark H ^a   Sandlow, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education (CME); Focus groups; Needs assessment; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005610589     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.1340180408     Document Type: Article

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