Maintenance of certification in internal medicine: Facts and misconceptions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-176

  Levinson, Wendy ^a   Holmboe, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNIST; MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251537754     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.477     Document Type: Note

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