Competency in electrocardiogram interpretation among internal medicine and emergency medicine residents

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 873-880

  Berger, Jeffrey S ^a   Eisen, Lewis ^a   Nozad, Valerie ^a   D'Angelo, John ^a   Calderon, Yvette ^b   Brown, David L ^a,b   Schweitzer, Paul ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram interpretation; Medical education; Residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK CITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 23244445740     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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