title: Focus review: an old concept revisited.
abstract: Medical students throughout the world learn clinical skills in a physical diagnosis course. Clinicians can use this approach to design a focus review to serve as a method of evaluation in the quality assurance of healthcare and as a research tool.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Horowitz
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review