Doctors in China: improving quality through modernisation of residency education

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10054, 2016, Pages 1922-1929

  Zhu, Jiming ^a,b   Li, Wenkai ^a   Chen, Lincoln ^c  

^a China Medical Board   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c China Medical Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CHINA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY; LICENSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; TRUST;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LICENSURE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995422270     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00582-1     Document Type: Review

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