Education and evaluation of knowledge and skills in echocardiography: How should we organize?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1684-1686

  Poelaert, Jan ^a   Mayo, Paul ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CURRICULUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34748901791     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0802-0     Document Type: Editorial

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