Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: Preparing New Providers for Hospital Medicine at the Mayo Clinic

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 545-550

  Spychalla, Megan T ^a   Heathman, Joanne H ^a   Pearson, Katherine A ^a   Herber, Andrew J ^a   Newman, James S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistant physician; Hospital medicine; Hospitalist; Inservice training; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916890426     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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