Continuing medical education and burnout among Danish GPs

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 546, 2008, Pages 15-19

  Brøndt, Anders ^a   Sokolowski, Ineta ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burnout; Continuing medical education; General practice; General practitioner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37849015669     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X263767     Document Type: Article

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