Competency-based instruction to improve the surgical resident technique and accuracy of the trauma ultrasound

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 884-888

  Frezza, Ermenegildo Eldo ^a,b   Solis, Ricardo L ^a   Silich, Robert J ^a   Spence, Richard K ^a   Martin, Marcel ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCITIC FLUID; CADAVER; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032881915     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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