ECT training: Can the case be made for certification?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-74

  Jaffe, Richard ^a  

^a ACT Task Force on Training and Certification ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING;

CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444421510     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000167922.99325.9d     Document Type: Editorial

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