How soon can i be proficient in embryo transfer? Lessons from the cumulative summation test for learning curve (LC-CUSUM)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 380-386

  Dessolle, Lionel ^a,b   Fréour, Thomas ^a   Barrire, Paul ^a   Jean, Miguel ^a   Ravel, Célia ^b   Daraï, Emile ^b   Biau, David J ^c  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

CUSUM; Embryo transfer; LC CUSUM; Learning curve; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE SUMMATION TEST FOR LEARNING CURVE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 74549135126     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep391     Document Type: Article

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