Assessing the professional performance of UK doctors: An evaluation of the utility of the General Medical Council patient and colleague questionnaires

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Campbell, J L ^a   Richards, S H ^a   Dickens, A ^a   Greco, M ^b   Narayanan, A ^b   Brearley, S ^c  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CFEP UK Surveys   (United Kingdom)

^c General Medical Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 47749107285     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.024679     Document Type: Article

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