Development and validation of a Web-based assessment tool for the Extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma examination

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-375

  Markowitz, Joshua E ^a   Hwang, James Q ^b   Moore, Christopher L ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Emergency medicine; Examination; Extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma; Ultrasound; Validity

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; TESTING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEB CRAWLER; WEBSITES;

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY ULTRASOUNDS; EXAMINATION; EXTENDED FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY IN TRAUMA; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; VALIDITY; WEB-BASED ASSESSMENT;

MEDICINE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BOSTON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RADIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952182961     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.3.371     Document Type: Article

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