Understanding residents' work: Moving beyond counting hours to assessing educational value

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 939-944

  Boex, James R ^a   Leahy, Peter J ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141813512     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200309000-00022     Document Type: Review

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