Performance assessment of community-based physicians: Evaluating the reliability and validity of a tool for determining CME needs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 12 I, 2002, Pages 1247-1254

  Cohen, Robert ^a   Amiel, Gilad E ^b,c   Tann, Mark ^b,c   Shechter, Aric ^c   Weingarten, Michael ^d   Reis, Shmuel ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ISRAEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036951422     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200212000-00022     Document Type: Article

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