Training module to teach ultrasound-guided breast biopsy skills to residents improves accuracy

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Hassard, Mary K ^a   McCurdy, Lauren I ^b   Williams, Jackie C A ^a   Downey, Donal B ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENT; SAFETY; SKILL; THORAX WALL; ANIMAL; BREAST; CANADA; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; CANADA; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; SURGERY; TEACHING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0042347845     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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