Assessment of clinical competence

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 677-684

  Siker, E S ^a,b  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXAMINATION; LICENSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SKILL; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033380204     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199912000-00008     Document Type: Review

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