American board of internal medicine maintenance of certification program

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 948-952

  Levinson, Wendy ^a   King Jr , Talmadge E ^b   Goldman, Lee ^c   Goroll, Allan H ^d   Kessler, Bruce ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Eureka Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING; EDUCATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949379094     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMclde0911205     Document Type: Article

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