Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: How much practice do novices require before achieving competency in ultrasound needle visualization using a cadaver model

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-339

  Barrington, Michael J ^a   Wong, Daniel M ^a   Slater, Ben ^a   Ivanusic, Jason J ^b   Ovens, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LEARNING CURVE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEEDLES; SCIATIC NERVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 84860740129     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182475fba     Document Type: Article

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