Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 276-281 , March 2005

Emergency Department Crowding: The Effect on Resident Education

  • Clare Atzema, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Clare Atzema, MD, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room BG-13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
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  • Glen Bandiera, MD
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  • Michael J. Schull, MD, MSc

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 Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(04)01808-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.011

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 276-281 , March 2005

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