Simulators in Competence Assessment and Credentialing: Prospects and Problems

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 577-581

  Cotton, Peter B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746279896     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2006.03.021     Document Type: Review

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