On the Use and Value of Reporting Guidelines in Health Professions Education Research

Academic Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2020, Pages 1619-1622

  O'Brien, Bridget C ^a   West, Colin P ^a   Coverdale, John H ^a   Durning, Steven J ^a   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a  

^a Academic Medicine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 85094854708     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003666     Document Type: Review

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