B y the time this editorial is published, proficiency testing (PT) for those professionals involved in the screening and/or interpretation of gynecologic smears will be underway. Late in 2004, The Midwest Institute for Medical Education (MIME) obtained approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medi
Proficiency testing: Planning for the future
โ Scribed by Renshaw, Andrew A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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