House staff quality council: One institution's experience to integrate resident involvement in patient care improvement initiatives

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-399

  Dixon, Jennifer L ^a   Papaconstantinou, Harry T ^a   Erwin, John P ^a   Mcallister, Russell Keith ^a   Berry, Tiffany ^a   Wehbe Janek, Hania ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internship and residency; Outcome assessment (health care); Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSE STAFF QUALITY COUNCIL; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884193432     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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