General practice: a secondment from emergency medicine--so what!
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The Joint Committee for Higher Medical Training has issued a core curriculum for training in accident and emergency medicine. This article highlights some of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes one may usefully gain from a period of 6-12 months in general practice and how this can be integrated and adapted to a career in emergency medicine.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of accident & emergency medicine
دوره 15 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998