A comparison of performance assessment programs for medical practitioners in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 837-843

  Finucane, Paul M ^a   Bourgeois Law, Gisèle A ^b   Ineson, Sue L ^b   Kaigas, Tiina M ^b  

^a Medical Council of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b Lynn House ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041525791     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200308000-00020     Document Type: Article

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