Association between licensure examination scores and practice in primary care

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3019-3026

  Tamblyn, Robyn ^a,f   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^a   Dauphinee, W Dale ^b   Hanley, James A ^a   Norcini, John ^c   Girard, Nadyne ^a   Grand'Maison, Paul ^d   Brailovsky, Carlos ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

^c Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LICENCE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037132633     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.23.3019     Document Type: Article

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