The competent novice: Practising safely in the foundation years

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7699, 2009, Pages 887-890

  Long, Susannah ^a   Neale, Graham ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; TRAMADOL; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY;

EID: 67649215359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1046     Document Type: Short Survey

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