Are our medical graduates in New Zealand safe and accurate in ECG interpretation?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1292, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Lever, Nigel A ^a   Larsen, Peter D ^b   Dawes, Mathew ^a   Wong, Annie ^c   Harding, Scott A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QT PROLONGATION; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949161947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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