The spectrum of community-based hospitalist practice: A call to tailor internal medicine residency training [1]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 727-729

  Glasheen, Jeffrey J ^a   Epstein, Kenneth Richard ^b   Siegal, Eric ^b   Kutner, Jean S ^b   Prochazka, Allan V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALISTS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247113675     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.7.727     Document Type: Letter

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