Risky business: Doctors' understanding of statistics: As medicine becomes increasingly preventive, doctors need a good grasp of risk

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Martyn, Christopher ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

EID: 84907279832     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5619     Document Type: Short Survey

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