Meritocracy in graduate medical education? Some suggestions for creating a report card

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1223-1225

  Iverson, D J ^a  

^a Humboldt Neurological Medical Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; COMPETITION; FOREIGN WORKER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION;

EID: 0032428680     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199812000-00008     Document Type: Note

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