A national survey of flexible sigmoidoscopy training in primary care graduate and postgraduate education programs

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 830-836

  Lal, Subodh K ^b   Barrison, Adam ^b   Heeren, Timothy ^b   Schroy III, Paul C ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942640390     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04174.x     Document Type: Review

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