Training for endobronchial ultrasound: Methods for proper training in new bronchoscopic techniques

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-300

  Unroe, Mark A ^a   Shofer, Scott L ^a   Wahidi, Momen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Endobronchial ultrasound; Interventional pulmonology

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REVIEW; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TEACHING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953650366     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32833a047a     Document Type: Review

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