Proposed standards for medical education submissions to the Journal of General Internal Medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 908-913

  Cook, David A ^a   Bowen, Judith L ^b   Gerrity, Martha S ^b   Kalet, Adina L ^c   Kogan, Jennifer R ^d   Spickard, Anderson ^e   Wayne, Diane B ^f  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Research design; Research methods; Scholarship; Writing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 46949092151     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0676-z     Document Type: Review

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