The impact of a short course of study on the performance of radiographers when highlighting fractures on trauma radiographs: "The Red Dot system"

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 942, 2006, Pages 468-472

  Mackay, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745327996     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/53513558     Document Type: Article

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