GMC and the future of revalidation: Time for radical reform

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7506, 2005, Pages 1504-1506

  Walshe, Kieran ^a,b   Benson, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIETY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 21244442630     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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