44-55-66-PM, a mnemonic that improves retention of the Ottawa Ankle and foot rules: A randomized controlled trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 859-864

  Gravel, Jocelyn ^a   Roy, Michel ^a   Carrière, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle; Emergency department; Medical education; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OTTAWA ANKLE RULE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEACHING;

EID: 77955718876     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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