Teaching but not learning: How medical residency programs handle errors

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 869-896

  Hoff, Timothy J ^a   Pohl, Henry ^b   Bartfield, Joel ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33750177914     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.395     Document Type: Article

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