Doctor scores on national qualifying examinations predict quality of care in future practice

Medical Education - Tập 43 Số 12 - Trang 1166-1173 - 2009
Elizabeth Wenghofer1,2, Daniel J. Klass3, Michał Abrahamowicz4, Dale Dauphinee5, André Jacques6, Sydney Smee7, David Blackmore7, Nancy Winslade5, Kristen Reidel4, Ilona Bartman7, Robyn Tamblyn5
1Division of Human Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
4Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
5Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6Collège des médecins du Québec [College of Physicians and Surgeons of Quebec], Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7Medical Council of Canada; Ottawa Ontario Canada

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