Perspective: A road map for academic departments to promote scholarship in quality improvement and patient safety

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-171

  Neeman, Naama ^a   Sehgal, Niraj L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84856525439     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31823f3c2c     Document Type: Review

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