Medical appraisal and revalidation: Can it improve patient care?

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 398-400

  Caesar, Susi ^a   Locke, Rachel ^b   Scallan, Samantha ^b  

^a Southern House Otterbourne   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Appraisal management; Appraisers; Continuing professional development; General practitioners; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84888362272     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2013.11494208     Document Type: Article

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