Emergency department physician training in Jamaica: A national public hospital survey

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Crandon, Ivor W ^a   Harding, Hyacinth E ^a   Cawich, Shamir O ^b   Williams, Eric W ^b   Williams Johnson, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55349133051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-8-11     Document Type: Article

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