Residents should not independently perform focused abdominal sonography for trauma after 10 training examinations

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 793-797

  Jang, Timothy ^a,b   Sineff, Sanford ^a   Naunheim, Rosanne ^a   Aubin, Chandra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused abdominal sonography for trauma; Resident; Training standard; Ultrasound education

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRAINING;

EID: 2942563739     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.6.793     Document Type: Review

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