Can U.S. GI fellowship programs meet American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommendations for training in EUS? A survey of U.S. GI fellowship program directors

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Azad, Jaspaul S ^a   Verma, Dharmendra ^a   Kapadia, Asha S ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33746161580     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.04.041     Document Type: Article

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