Can outcome-based continuing medical education improve performance of immigrant physicians?

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-42

  Cohen Castel, Orit ^a   Ezra, Vered ^b   Alperin, Mordechai ^a   Nave, Rachel ^a   Porat, Tamar ^a   Cohen Golan, Avivit ^b   Vinker, Shlomo ^b   Karkabi, Khaled ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immigrant physicians; Israel; Military medicine; Outcome based curriculum; Physician performance; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952785869     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20099     Document Type: Article

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