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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 7/2014

01-07-2014 | Editorial

Grading Residents’ Clinical Performance: Unique Opportunities and Challenges

Authors: Joshua M. Liao, MD, Robert M. Wachter, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 7/2014

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The American healthcare system is being criticized for inconsistent quality, high rates of harm, and backbreaking costs. While tremendous attention has been placed on practicing physicians and healthcare organizations, there is increasing interest in how graduate medical education (GME) contributes to these problems.1 Seen in this light, the “product” of GME should be physicians that produce high-value care, and today’s GME must adapt to meet this emerging objective. …
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Metadata
Title
Grading Residents’ Clinical Performance: Unique Opportunities and Challenges
Authors
Joshua M. Liao, MD
Robert M. Wachter, MD
Publication date
01-07-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-2856-3

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