Commentary: Training internists for practice focused on meeting patient needs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 893-896

  Duffy, F Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VALIDITY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54449101146     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31818509ac     Document Type: Note

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