Doctors Likely to Encounter Children with Musculoskeletal Complaints Have Low Confidence in Their Clinical Skills

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Jandial, Sharmila ^a   Myers, Andrea ^a,b   Wise, Elspeth ^a   Foster, Helen E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONFIDENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149522597     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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