Evaluating the performance of inpatient attending physicians: A new instrument for today's teaching hospitals

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 766-771

  Smith, Christopher A ^a   Varkey, Anita B ^a   Evans, Arthur T ^a   Reilly, Brendan M ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Attending physicians; Evaluating; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3242714738     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30269.x     Document Type: Article

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