A qualitative study of general practitioners' views of the appraisal process

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 672-679

  Nayar, Vijay ^a  

^a King Street Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Continuing professional development; General practice; General practitioners; Personal development plans; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28844452182     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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