Is a fourth year of training necessary to become competent in EUS and ERCP? Notes from the 2008 class of advanced endoscopy fellows

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1150-1152

  Rosenthal, Lawrence S ^a,b  

^a Affiliates in Gastroenterolgy   (United States)

^b Saint Barnabus Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56349120716     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.09.020     Document Type: Editorial

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