Experience and training as determinants of grading reliability when assessing the severity of contact lens complications

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^a   Farmer, Craig ^b   Furuborg, Jan ^b   Struk, Robert ^b   Carney, Leo G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens complications; Experience; Grading scales; Reliability; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EYE DISEASE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONTACT LENSES; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 0037975668     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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