Barriers to ultrasound training in critical care medicine fellowships: A survey of program directors

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1978-1983

  Eisen, Lewis A ^a   Leung, Sharon ^a   Gallagher, Annemarie E ^b   Kvetan, Vladimir ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; echocardiography; education; intensive care units; surveys; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957229571     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181eeda53     Document Type: Article

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