Bedside ultrasound in pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs in the United States: Little formal training

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 664-667

  Ramirez Schrempp, Daniela ^a   Dorfman, David H ^a   Tien, Irene ^b   Liteplo, Andrew S ^c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedside ultrasound; Pediatric emergency fellowship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEDSIDE ULTRASOUND; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PEDIATRICS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64249117548     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181884955     Document Type: Article

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