Cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis in the assessment of trainee competence in fetal biometry measurement

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-203

  Weerasinghe, S ^a   Mirghani, H ^a   Revel, A ^b   Abu Zidan, F M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Competence; Cumulative sum; Fetal measurements; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE SUM ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33747623294     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2828     Document Type: Article

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