Competence of psychiatric clinicians in interpreting electrocardiograms and QT intervals: Can they do this? Does it matter?

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 291-294

  Solomons, Luke ^a   Treloar, Adrian ^b   Noronha, Ryan ^c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Memorial Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PSYCHIATRY; QT INTERVAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 49249117448     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.107.017715     Document Type: Article

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