The next GME accreditation system - Rationale and benefits

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1051-1056

  Nasca, Thomas J ^a,b   Philibert, Ingrid ^a   Brigham, Timothy ^a,b   Flynn, Timothy C ^a,c  

^a Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84858226994     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1200117     Document Type: Article

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