Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 497-501 , November 2008

The Effect of Clinical Experience on the Error Rate of Emergency Physicians

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2006, San Francisco, CA.

Received 18 July 2007 ,Revised 2 January 2008 ,Accepted 24 January 2008.

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 Supervising editor: John C. Moorhead, MD, MS

 Author contributions: WAB, PDL, BFB, and PJS conceived the study. WAB, RDW, PDL, GJK, BFB, and PJS designed the study. WAB designed the trial. WAB drafted the article. RDW, PDL, JTJ, CA, GJK, JJK, BFB, and PJS assisted in manuscript preparation. RDW provided statistical analysis and advice. JTJ, CA, and JJK were responsible for data collection and organization. WAB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Publication dates: Available online March 19, 2008.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)00367-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.329

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 497-501 , November 2008

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