They just don?t get enough! Variable intern experience in bedside procedural skills

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 222-227

  Boots, R J ^a,b   Egerton, W ^a   McKeering, H ^a   Winter, H ^a  

^a Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intern; Medical student; Procedural skill; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUEENSLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349178163     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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