Ensuring high-quality patient care: The role of accreditation, licensure, specialty certification and revalidation in medicine

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-86

  Boulet, John ^a   van Zanten, Marta ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CERTIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CAREER MOBILITY; CERTIFICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84890156206     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12286     Document Type: Article

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