Learning curve for competency in flexible laryngoscopy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1950-1953

  Laeeq, Kulsoom ^a   Pandian, Vinciya ^a   Skinner, Margret ^a   Masood, Hamid ^a   Stewart, Charles M ^a   Weatherly, Robert ^b   Cummings, Charles W ^a   Bhatti, Nasir I ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competency; Flexible laryngoscopy; Formative feedback; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FLEXIBLE LARYNGOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649898853     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21063     Document Type: Article

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