Reduced resident "code blue" experience in the era of quality improvement: New challenges in physician training

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 726-730

  Mickelsen, Steven ^a   McNeil, Rebecca ^b   Parikh, Pragnesh ^c   Persoff, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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EID: 79958847545     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318217e44e     Document Type: Article

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