To call or not to call: A judgement of risk by pre-registration house officers

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 938-944

  Stewart, Jane ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*judgement; Clinical competence *standards; Education, medical, graduate *methods; England; Humans; Medical staff, hospital *psychology; Multicentre study publication type ; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49649089979     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03123.x     Document Type: Article

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