Introducing the professionalism mini-evaluation exercise (p-MEX) in Japan: Results from a multicenter, cross-sectional study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1026-1031

  Tsugawa, Yusuke ^a,b   Ohbu, Sadayoshi ^c   Cruess, Richard ^d   Cruess, Sylvia ^d   Okubo, Tomoya ^e   Takahashi, Osamu ^b   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^f   Heist, Brian S ^g   Bito, Seiji ^h   Itoh, Toshiyuki ⁱ   Aoki, Akiko ^j   Chiba, Tsutomu ⁱ   Fukui, Tsuguya ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e The National Center for University Entrance Examinations   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 80051551001     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182222ba0     Document Type: Article

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