An adequate level of training for technical competence in screening and diagnostic colonoscopy: a prospective multicenter evaluation of the learning curve

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-689

  Lee, Suck Ho ^a   Chung, Il Kwun ^a   Kim, Sun Joo ^a   Kim, Jin Oh ^a   Ko, Bong Min ^a   Hwangbo, Young ^a   Kim, Won Ho ^a   Park, Dong Hun ^a   Lee, Sang Kil ^a   Park, Cheol Hee ^a   Baek, Il Hyun ^a   Park, Dong Il ^a   Park, Seun Ja ^a   Ji, Jeong Seon ^a   Jang, Byung Ik ^a   Jeen, Yoon Tae ^a   Shin, Jeong Eun ^a   Byeon, Jeong Sik ^a   Eun, Chang Soo ^a   Han, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CECUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; LEARNING STYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41049105968     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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