Selecting general practice specialty trainees: Where next?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 580, 2010, Pages 849-852

  Irish, Bill ^a   Patterson, Fiona ^b  

^a Bristol Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family practice; Job analysis; Medical residency; Personnel selection; Postgraduate selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 78650557998     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X538958     Document Type: Article

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