The competency-based mandate for emergency bedside sonography training and a tale of two residency programs

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 515-521

  Jang, Timothy B ^a   Coates, Wendy C ^a   Liu, Yiju T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864208275     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.4.515     Document Type: Note

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