Nighthawk: Making Night Float Education and Patient Safety Soar
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Residents' perceptions of a night float system
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Graduate Medical Education
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1949-8349,1949-8357
DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-17-00259.1