Achieving change in practice by using unembalmed cadavers to teach ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia

Ultrasound

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-35

  Hocking, Graham ^a,b   McIntyre, Owen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Regional anaesthesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952124564     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ult.2010.010040     Document Type: Article

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