National programmes for validating physician competence and fitness for practice: A scoping review

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Horsley, Tanya ^a   Lockyer, Jocelyn ^b   Cogo, Elise ^c   Zeiter, Jeanie ^a   Bursey, Ford ^d   Campbell, Craig ^a  

^a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Memorial University ^*  (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA EXTRACTION; ERROR; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLICATION; SCREENING; STIMULUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; LICENSING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CERTIFICATION; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971326398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010368     Document Type: Article

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