Journal article
Cognitive Difficulty in Physicians
Abstract
PURPOSE: Remediation of some incompetent physicians has proven difficult or impossible. The authors sought to determine whether physicians with impaired competency had neuropsychological impairment sufficient to explain their incompetence and their failure to improve with remedial continuing medical education (CME).
METHOD: During a one-year period, 1996-97, all 27 participants in the Physician Review Program (PREP) conducted at McMaster …
Authors
Turnbull J; Carbotte R; Hanna E; Norman G; Cunnington J; Ferguson B; Kaigas T
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 177–181
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
2 2000
DOI
10.1097/00001888-200002000-00018
ISSN
1040-2446