The Belfast musculoskeletal ultrasound course

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1073-1076

  Taggart, Allister J ^a   Wright, Stephen A ^a   Ball, Elisabeth ^a   Kane, David ^b   Wright, Gary ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Education; Rheumatology practice; Training; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECORDING; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SKILL; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORTHERN IRELAND; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 70349782999     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep075     Document Type: Article

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