Routine editing of trainee-generated radiology reports: Effect on style quality

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-294

  Coakley, Fergus V ^a,b   Heinze, Stefan B ^a   Shadbolt, Clair L ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence H ^a   Ginsberg, Michelle S ^a   Lefkowitz, Robert A ^a   Hilton, Susan ^a   Conlon, Kevin ^a   Leibel, Steven ^a   Turnbull, Alan ^a   Panicek, David M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiology and radiologists; Radiology and radiologists, departmental management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0037373120     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80103-4     Document Type: Article

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