Identifying critical success factors for designing selection processes into postgraduate specialty training: The case of UK general practice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1016, 2010, Pages 323-327

  Plint, Simon ^a   Patterson, Fiona ^b  

^a GP National Recruitment Office   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; JOB ANALYSIS; LICENSING; MACHINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SIMULATION; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953689990     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.084657     Document Type: Article

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