Resident interpretation of plain radiographs: a comparison of emergency medicine residents by year of training

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-367

  Rifenburg, Robert P ^a   Ambroz, Karl G ^a   Chan, Shu B ^a  

^a RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 40749152635     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.012     Document Type: Letter

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