Validation of a method to measure resident doctors' reflections on quality improvement: Patient safety and quality improvement

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-255

  Wittich, Christopher M ^a   Beckman, Thomas J ^a   Drefahl, Monica M ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^b   Reed, Darcy A ^a   Krajicek, Bryan J ^a   Haddad, Rudy M ^a   McDonald, Furman S ^a   Kolars, Joseph C ^a   Thomas, Kris G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77149177673     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03591.x     Document Type: Article

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