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Core competencies in hospital medicine: Development and methodology

  1. Daniel D. Dressler MD, MSc1,†,*,
  2. Michael J. Pistoria DO, FACP2,
  3. Tina L. Budnitz MPH3,
  4. Sylvia C. W. McKean MD4,
  5. Alpesh N. Amin MD, MBA, FACP5

Article first published online: 16 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.85

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Journal of Hospital Medicine

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volume 1, Issue S1, pages 48–56, 2006

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Dressler, D. D., Pistoria, M. J., Budnitz, T. L., McKean, S. C. W. and Amin, A. N. (2006), Core competencies in hospital medicine: Development and methodology. J. Hosp. Med., 1: 48–56. doi: 10.1002/jhm.85

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

  2. 2

    Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania

  3. 3

    Society of Hospital Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  4. 4

    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  5. 5

    Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California

  1. †

    Fax: (404) 712-1804

*Hospital Medicine Service, Emory University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Rd., P.O. Box M7, Atlanta, GA 30322

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 FEB 2006
  2. Article first published online: 16 FEB 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 NOV 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 21 OCT 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 27 AUG 2005

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