Physician scores on a national clinical skills examination as predictors of complaints to medical regulatory authorities.

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Published in JAMA on September 05, 2007

Authors

Robyn Tamblyn1, Michal Abrahamowicz, Dale Dauphinee, Elizabeth Wenghofer, André Jacques, Daniel Klass, Sydney Smee, David Blackmore, Nancy Winslade, Nadyne Girard, Roxane Du Berger, Ilona Bartman, David L Buckeridge, James A Hanley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. robyn.tamblyn@mcgill.ca

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