Training of providers in embryo transfer: What is the minimum number of transfers required for proficiency?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1415-1419

  Papageorgiou, Theocharis C ^a   Hearns Stokes, Rhonda M ^a   Leondires, Mark P ^b   Miller, Bradley T ^b   Chakraborty, Prabir ^c   Cruess, David ^d   Segars, James ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Embryo transfer; Fellows training; Learning curve; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 0034933724     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.7.1415     Document Type: Article

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