Training in musculoskeletal ultrasound by UK rheumatologists: When is now, but how?

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1470-1472

  Cunnington, J ^a,b   Hide, G ^b   Kane, D ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SKILL; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 28544445475     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei176     Document Type: Editorial

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