Systems errors versus physicians errors: Finding the balance in medical education

Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-22

  Casaretl, David ^a   Helms, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032926086     PISSN: 00959545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199901000-00011     Document Type: Article

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