A patient safety objective structured clinical examination

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Singh, Ranjit ^a,c   Singh, Ashok ^b   Fish, Reva ^a   McLean, Don ^b   Anderson, Diana R ^a   Singh, Gurdev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c Patient Safety Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

OSCE; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 68549128770     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e31819d65c2     Document Type: Article

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