Effects of hospital accreditation on medical students: A national qualitative study in Taiwan

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1533-1539

  Ho, Ming Jung ^a   Chang, Heng Hao ^b   Chiu, Yu Ting ^b   Norris, Jessie L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914165970     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000481     Document Type: Article

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