Psychiatric resident education in intellectual disabilities: One program's ten years of experience

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 430-434

  Ruedrich, Stephen ^a,c   Dunn, Jonathan ^a   Schwartz, Stephan ^a   Nordgren, Lynlee ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities ^*  (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION; OHIO; PSYCHIATRY; SPECIALISM;

EID: 40949124886     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.31.6.430     Document Type: Article

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