Quality of colonoscopy performance among gastroenterology and surgical trainees: A need for common training standards for all trainees?

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 935-940

  Leyden, J E ^a   Doherty, G A ^b   Hanley, A ^c   McNamara, D A ^c   Shields, C ^a   Leader, M ^c   Murray, F E ^c   Patchett, S E ^c   Harewood, G C ^c  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80555131027     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256633     Document Type: Article

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