Clinical inactivity among pediatricians: Prevalence and perspectives

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 605-610

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a,b   Switalski, Kara E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Clinical; Inactivity; Licensure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549095807     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1067     Document Type: Article

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