Validation of an endobronchial ultrasound simulator: Differentiating operator skill level

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-332

  Stather, David R ^a,c   MacEachern, Paul ^a   Rimmer, Karen ^a   Hergott, Christopher A ^b   Tremblay, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Education; Endobronchial ultrasound; Interventional bronchoscopy; Simulation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79953163545     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323520     Document Type: Article

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