Appraising surgeons learning sonography: Measuring measurement variability

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 364-368

  Gallagher, Paul V ^a,b   Elliott, Simon T ^a   Charnley, Richard ^a,b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Measurements; Training; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RADIOLOGIST; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042510306     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10185     Document Type: Article

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