Working group 8: Defining the different types of cardiovascular specialists and developing a new model for training general clinical cardiologists

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-271

  Fuster, Valentin ^a   Hirshfeld Jr , John W ^a   Brown, Alan S ^a   Brundage, Bruce H ^a   Fye, W Bruce ^a   Lewis, Richard P ^a   Nash, Ira S ^a   Sketch Jr , Michael H ^a   Vetrovec, George W ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242694391     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.05.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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