"Problem residents": Prevalence, problems and remediation in the era of core competencies

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-425

  Dupras, Denise M ^a   Edson, Randall S ^a   Halvorsen, Andrew J ^a   Hopkins, Robert H ^b   McDonald, Furman S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM RESIDENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858962530     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.12.008     Document Type: Note

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