Physician competency? Teaching old dogs new tricks

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 625-632

  Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a   Nahrwold, David L ^b   Soper, Nathaniel J ^b   Bass, Barbara Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician competency

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 18044377965     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.01.289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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