Reforming internal medicine residency training: A report from the Society of General Internal Medicine's Task Force for Residency Reform

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1165-1172

  Holmboe, Eric S ^a,b   Bowen, Judith L ^d   Green, Michael ^b   Gregg, Jessica ^e   DiFrancesco, Lorenzo ^f   Reynolds, Eileen ^h   Alguire, Patrick ⁱ   Battinelli, David ^g   Lucey, Catherine ^c   Duffy, Daniel ⁱ  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CURRICULUM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 30944464951     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0249.x     Document Type: Review

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