Physicians in Rural West Virginia Emergency Departments: Residency Training and Board Certification Status

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the training and certification of physicians who staff small EDs in rural West Virginia. Methods: A survey of rural hospital‐based EDs was performed. The authors chose to study all hospitals in counties with populations of

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Published in:Academic emergency medicine 1998-04, Vol.5 (4), p.333-336
Main Authors: McGirr, Joseph, Williams, Janet M., Prescott, John E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
certification
Certification - statistics & numerical data
emergency care
emergency medicine
Emergency Medicine - education
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Internship and Residency - statistics & numerical data
Physicians - statistics & numerical data
rural
Rural Population
training
trauma
West Virginia
Workforce
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the training and certification of physicians who staff small EDs in rural West Virginia. Methods: A survey of rural hospital‐based EDs was performed. The authors chose to study all hospitals in counties with populations of
ISSN:1069-6563
1553-2712
DOI:10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02715.x