Do Patients Understand Their Physician's Level of Training? A Survey of Emergency Department Patients

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-143

  Santen, Sally A ^a,e   Hemphill, Robin R ^b   Prough, Emily E ^c   Perlowski, Alice A ^d  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TENNESSEE;

EID: 1542288762     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200402000-00009     Document Type: Article

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