Proficiency in oocyte retrieval: How many procedures are necessary for training?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2279-2282

  Goldman, Kara N ^a,b   Moon, Kimberly S ^a   Yauger, Belinda J ^a   Payson, Mark D ^a,c   Segars, James H ^a   Stegmann, Barbara J ^d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Prentice Women's Hospital   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

competency; fellowship; Follicular aspiration; learning curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDY SKILLS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; LINEAR MODELS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956360750     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.055     Document Type: Article

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