Development and analysis of a new certifying examination in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1476-1482

  Aronson, Solomon ^a   Butler, Aggie ^b   Subhiyah, Raja ^b   Buckingham Jr , Richard E ^k   Cahalan, Michael K ^c   Konstandt, Steven ^d   Mark, Jonathan ^e   Ramsay, James ^f   Savage, Robert ^g   Savino, Joseph ^h   Shanewise, Jack S ^f   Smith, John ⁱ   Thys, Daniel ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ Southern Nevada Pain Specialists   (United States)

^j ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036896127     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200212000-00004     Document Type: Article

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