Electrodiagnostic medicine skills competency in physical medicine and rehabilitation residents. A method for development and assessment

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 654-665

  Brown, David ^a,b   Cuccurullo, Sara ^a   Lee, Joseph ^a   Petagna, Ann ^a   Strax, Thomas ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EDX; Electrodiagnosis; Graduate medical education; Resident competencies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; EDUCATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; REHABILITATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; REHABILITATION;

EID: 48549093514     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31816de0f2     Document Type: Article

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