Physician self-audit: A scoping review

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Gagliardi, Anna R ^a,g,h   Brouwers, Melissa C ^b   Finelli, Antonio ^c   Campbell, Craig E ^d   Marlow, Bernard A ^e   Silver, Ivan L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of   (Canada)

^g College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Self assessment; Self audit; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84055189124     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20138     Document Type: Review

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