Re-licensing of general practitioners using the current UK revalidation proposals: A cross sectional study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1034, 2011, Pages 807-813

  Charlton, Rodger ^a   Coomber, J ^b   Thistlethwaite, J E ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LICENCE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD;

CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; WALES;

EID: 82255165441     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130289     Document Type: Article

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