Teaching Evidence-Based Imaging in the Radiology Clerkship Using the ACR Appropriateness Criteria

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 912-916

  Dillon, Johanne E ^a   Slanetz, Priscilla J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Shapiro Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriateness criteria; cost effective care; Evidence based imaging; evidence based medicine; medical education; radiology

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LEARNING ALGORITHM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; TEAMWORK; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STUDENT; RADIOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952956189     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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