Measuring professionalism: A review of studies with instruments reported in the literature between 1982 and 2002

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-370

  Veloski, J Jon ^a   Fields, Sylvia K ^a,b   Boex, James R ^c   Blank, Linda L ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Savannah Health Mission   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Amer Bd of Int Med Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15944400972     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200504000-00014     Document Type: Review

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