Practice indicators of suboptimal care and avoidable adverse events: a content analysis of a national qualifying examination.

Georges Bordage; Ari-Nareg Meguerditchian; Robyn Tamblyn

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Practice indicators of suboptimal care and avoidable adverse events: a content analysis of a national qualifying examination.

October 16, 2013

Bordage G, Meguerditchian A-N, Tamblyn R. Acad Med. 2013;88(10):1493-8.

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Analyzing the content of a general medicine qualifying examination revealed that, although the test contained some assessment related to avoiding adverse events, it did not evaluate all safety-related topics recommended by an expert panel.

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