A review of training opportunities for ultrasonography in low and middle income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 808-819

  Lagrone, Lacey N ^a   Sadasivam, Vijay ^b,c   Kushner, Adam L ^d,e   Groen, Reinou S ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SKS Hospital   (India)

^c Department of Anatomy   (India)

^d Surgeons OverSeas   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Education; Low resource setting; Sonography; Training programmes; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; ULTRASONICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CERTIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEMEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; SOCIAL CLASS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862773787     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03014.x     Document Type: Review

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