Beyond the comfort zone: Residents assess their comfort performing inpatient medical procedures

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71.e17-71.e24

  Huang, Grace C ^a,b   Smith, C Christopher ^a   Gordon, Craig E ^c   Feller Kopman, David J ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Weingart, Saul N ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORACOCENTESIS; TRAINING;

EID: 30944432735     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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