A standardized approach to assessing physician expectations and perceptions of continuing medical education

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-182

  Shewchuk, Richard M ^a   Schmidt, Hilary J ^b   Benarous, Alexandra ^b   Bennett, Nancy L ^c   Abdolrasulnia, Maziar ^c   Casebeer, Linda L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c Outcomes Inc   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Continuing medical education (CME); Evaluation; Physician expectations; Service quality; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34948840004     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.121     Document Type: Article

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