Competence and cognitive difficulty in physicians: A follow-up study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 915-918

  Turnbull, John ^a,c   Cunnington, John ^a   Unsal, Ayse ^a   Norman, Geoff ^a   Ferguson, Blair ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748918312     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000238194.55648.b2     Document Type: Article

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