Quality assured ultrasound simulator training for the detection of fetal malformations

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-354

  Staboulidou, Ismini ^a   Wstemann, Max ^a   Vaske, Bernhard ^a   Elssser, Michael ^b   Hillemanns, Peter ^a   Scharf, Alexander ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prenatal medicine; Quality control; Ultrasound training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GERMANY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77749280353     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903280941     Document Type: Article

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