Physician Attitudes About Maintenance of Certification: A Cross-Specialty National Survey

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1336-1345

  Cook, David A ^a   Blachman, Morris J ^b   West, Colin P ^a   Wittich, Christopher M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CERTIFICATION; COMPENSATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994259560     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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