Causes of death of residents in ACGME-Accredited programs 2000 through 2014: Implications for the learning environment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 976-983

  Yaghmour, Nicholas A ^a   Brigham, Timothy P ^a,b   Richter, Thomas ^a   Miller, Rebecca S ^a   Philibert, Ingrid ^a   Baldwin, Dewitt C ^a   Nasca, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021640171     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001736     Document Type: Article

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