Revalidation for general practitioners: Randomised comparison of two revalidation models

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7441, 2004, Pages 687-691

  Bruce, David ^a   Phillips, Katie ^a   Reid, Ross ^a   Snadden, David ^b   Harden, Ronald ^c  

^a NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 1642265367     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7441.687     Document Type: Review

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