Remediation of the deficiencies of physicians across the continuum from medical school to practice: A thematic review of the literature

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1822-1832

  Hauer, Karen E ^a   Ciccone, Andrea ^b   Henzel, Thomas R ^b   Katsufrakis, Peter ^b   Miller, Stephen H ^c   Norcross, William A ^c   Papadakis, Maxine A ^a,d   Irby, David M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 73449148062     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bf3170     Document Type: Article

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