Electrocardiography teaching in Canadian family medicine residency programs: A national survey

Family Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-271

  Paul, Baldeep ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79955127470     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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