Patient safety: Time for a transformational change in medical education

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-4

  Runciman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; SKILL;

EID: 77955628568     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03728.x     Document Type: Editorial

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