Technical competency in flexible sigmoidoscopy

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 424-429

  Holman, John R ^a   Marshall, Robert C ^b   Jordan, Ben ^c   Vogelman, Lee ^c  

^a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^b NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Irwin Army Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLON TUMOR; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035513898     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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