A good clinician and a caring person: Longitudinal faculty development and the enhancement of the human dimensions of care

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-125

  Branch Jr , William T ^a,i   Frankel, Richard ^b,c   Gracey, Catherine F ^d   Haidet, Paul M ^e,f   Weissmann, Peter F ^g   Cantey, Paul ^a   Mitchell, Gary A ^h   Inui, Thomas S ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine   (Netherlands Antilles)

ⁱ Division of General Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149388583     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181900f8a     Document Type: Article

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