Learning and change among emergency physicians

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-41

  Garcia, Rebecca ^a   Newsom, Ron ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Changes in medical practice; Continuing medical education practitioners; Emergency department physicians; Learning; Strategies for change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037699577     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.4750160105     Document Type: Article

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