Alternative approaches to ambulatory training: Internal medicine residents' and program directors' perspectives

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 904-910

  Thomas, Kris G ^a   West, Colin P ^a   Popkave, Carol ^b   Bellini, Lisa M ^c   Weinberger, Steven E ^b   Kolars, Joseph C ^a   Kogan, Jennifer R ^c  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Curriculum program evaluation; Medical education graduate; Medical student and residency education

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77950353660     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1015-8     Document Type: Article

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