A systematic review of the effects of residency training on patient outcomes

BMC Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  van der Leeuw, Renée M ^a   Lombarts, Kiki M J M H ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^b,c   Heineman, Maas Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TEACHER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862769530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-65     Document Type: Article

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