Revalidation for relicensing: Reflections on the proposed British model

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 70-72

  Thistlethwaite, Jill ^a   Charlton, Rodger ^b   Coomber, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Clinical competence standards; Great britain; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LICENSING; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84858420218     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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