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What do certification examinations tell us about quality?

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Author information

Author/s: Landon, Bruce E (BE);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Editorial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Archives of internal medicine (Arch Intern Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 168 (issue 13) : pp 1365-7

Dates: Created 2008/07/15; Completed 2008/08/06;

PMID: 18625915, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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CommentOn: Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jul 14;168(13):1396-403. (PMID: 18625919)

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Certification - standards Clinical Competence Education, Medical, Continuing - standards; trends Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Health Care Surveys Humans

Humans Internal Medicine - education; standards Male Physician's Practice Patterns - standards; trends Quality Control Quality of Health Care United States

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