Assessment of resident competency in the performance of sonohysterography: Does the level of training impact the accuracy?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 582-586

  Parker, Jason D ^a   Alvero, Ruben J ^a   Luterzo, Julie ^a   Segars, James H ^a   Armstrong, Alicia Y ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NICHD   (United States)

Author keywords

Resident training; Saline sonohysterography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4444358547     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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