Internists' attitudes about assessing and maintaining clinical competence

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 608-614

  Gallagher, Thomas H ^a   Prouty, Carolyn D ^a   Brock, Douglas M ^b   Liao, Joshua M ^c   Weissman, Arlene ^d   Holmboe, Eric S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^e AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

board certification; feedback; medical education; physician attitudes; transparency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNIST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RECERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84898599950     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2706-8     Document Type: Article

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