Feasibility of a focused ultrasound training programme for medical undergraduate students

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Wong, Ivan ^a   Jayatilleke, Thilina ^a   Kendall, Richard ^b   Atkinson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951613210     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2010.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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