Becoming a musculoskeletal ultrasonographer

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Naredo, Esperanza ^a,b   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

competency; education; musculoskeletal ultrasonography; training

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COURSE CONTENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY;

CERTIFICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 64749109580     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.12.008     Document Type: Review

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