Medical Education on the Brink: 62 years of front-line observations and opinions

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Fred, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TEACHING ROUND; WORKING TIME; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HISTORY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864098185     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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