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Problems for clinical judgement: 4. Surviving in the report card era

Jack V. Tu, Michael J. Schull, Lorraine E. Ferris, Janet E. Hux and Donald A. Redelmeier
CMAJ June 12, 2001 164 (12) 1709-1712;
Jack V. Tu
From the *Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡Departments of Health Administration and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the §Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
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Michael J. Schull
From the *Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡Departments of Health Administration and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the §Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
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Lorraine E. Ferris
From the *Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡Departments of Health Administration and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the §Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
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Janet E. Hux
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vol. 164 no. 12 1709-1712
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  • Published online June 12, 2001.
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  1. Jack V. Tu*†‡§,
  2. Michael J. Schull*†§,
  3. Lorraine E. Ferris†‡§,
  4. Janet E. Hux*†‡§,
  5. Donald A. Redelmeier*†‡§
  1. From the *Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡Departments of Health Administration and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the §Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
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