National Survey of Canadian General Surgery Program Directors Regarding Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 193-195

  Kim, Dennis Y ^a   Yelle, Jean Denis ^a   Lee, A Curtis ^a   Woo, Michael Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

FAST; medical education; Patient Care; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Systems Based Practice; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PILOT STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VALIDITY;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350523784     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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