Radiology Resident Interpretations of On-call Imaging Studies. The Incidence of Major Discrepancies

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1198-1204

  Cooper, Victoria F ^a   Goodhartz, Lori A ^a   Nemcek Jr , Albert A ^a   Ryu, Robert K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

error rate; on call; quality assurance; resident education; Residents

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649088509     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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