Annual appraisal for general practitioners: Where have we got to?

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 697-703

  Denney, Mei Ling ^a,b  

^a Field Harm House   (United Kingdom)

^b Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Continuing professional development; General practice; General practitioners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 28844502839     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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