Maintenance of certification: A work in progress

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Knopp, Robert K ^a   Wyer, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFELONG LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RECERTIFICATION; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; UROLOGY;

CERTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 84896495630     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.12.024     Document Type: Editorial

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