What do doctors really think about the relevance and impact of GP appraisal 3 years on?: A survey of Scottish GPs

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 547, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Colthart, Iain ^a   Cameron, Niall ^a   McKinstry, Brian ^b   Blaney, David ^a  

^a NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Continuing education; General practitioners; Professional education; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 38949137370     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X264036     Document Type: Article

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