Doctor scores on national qualifying examinations predict quality of care in future practice

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1166-1173

  Wenghofer, Elizabeth ^a,b   Klass, Daniez ^c   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^d   Dauphinee, Dale ^d   Jacques, André ^e   Smee, Sydney ^f   Blackmore, David ^f   Winslade, Nancy ^d   Reidel, Kristen ^d   Bartman, Ilona ^f   Tamblyn, Robyn ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Quebec College of Physicians   (Canada)

^f Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKILL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LICENSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70450176698     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03534.x     Document Type: Article

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