Patient safety education at u.s. and canadian medical schools: Results from the 2006 clerkship directors in internal medicine survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1672-1676

  Alper, Eric ^a   Rosenberg, Eric I ^b   O'Brien, Kevin E ^c   Fischer, Melissa ^a   Durning, Steven J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449107217     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bf98a4     Document Type: Article

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