Nonphysician provider fellowship training: Meeting patient needs in a time of physician shortages

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 771-773

  Danielson, Christine ^a   Rushton, H Gil ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTOSCOPY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; UROLOGY;

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEALTH MANPOWER; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 79851510654     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.11.024     Document Type: Editorial

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