A new selection system to recruit general practice registrars: Preliminary findings from a validation study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7493, 2005, Pages 711-714

  Patterson, Fiona ^a   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   Norfolk, Tim ^a   Lane, Pat ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Wessex Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; JOB FINDING; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 16244382585     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.711     Document Type: Article

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