Creation of an innovative inpatient medical procedure service and a method to evaluate house staff competency

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 510-513

  Smith, C Christopher ^a   Gordon, Craig E ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Huang, Grace C ^a   Weingart, Saul N ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Ernst, Armin ^a   Aronson, Mark D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Complications; Education; Procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 2442600378     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30161.x     Document Type: Article

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