Specialist competencies in occupational medicine: Appraisal of the peer-reviewed literature

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 342-348

  Gallagher, Frank ^a   Pilkington, Adele ^b   Wynn, Philip ^c   Johnson, Raymond ^d   Moore, Jayne ^b   Agius, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competencies; Occupational medicine; Review; Specialist

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH;

EID: 34547907402     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm023     Document Type: Review

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