Medical education and quality of care in the pediatric emergency department setting: A combined model

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-143

  Kaddan, Walid ^a,b   Poznansky, Oded ^a,b   Amir, Lisa ^a,b   Mimouni, Marc ^a,b   Waisman, Yehezkel ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Continuous quality improvement; Education; Emergency department; Human error; Medical chart; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746607727     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000206195.92695.26     Document Type: Review

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