Assessment of a training curriculum for emergency ultrasound for pediatric soft tissue infections

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-182

  Marin, Jennifer R ^a   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^b   Panebianco, Nova L ^c   Dean, Anthony J ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79951592470     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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