The role of quality improvement and patient safety in academic promotion: Results of a survey of chairs of departments of internal medicine in North America

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-280

  Staiger, Thomas O ^a   Wong, Emily Y ^a   Schleyer, Anneliese M ^a   Martin, Diane P ^a   Levinson, Wendy ^b   Bremner, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79952479531     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.09.018     Document Type: Note

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