Effect of ERCP mechanical simulator (EMS) practice on trainees ERCP performance in the early learning period: US multicenter randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Lim, Brian S ^a,b,c   Leung, Joseph W ^a,b   Lee, John ^d   Yen, Danny ^a,b   Beckett, Laurel ^e   Tancredi, Daniel ^e   Leung, Felix W ^a,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CURRICULUM; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79751531178     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.411     Document Type: Article

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