Use of emergency ultrasound in united states pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs in 2011

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1357-1363

  Marin, Jennifer R ^a,b   Zuckerbraun, Noel S ^a,b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency ultrasound; Fellowship; Pediatric emergency medicine; Training

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; MEDICINE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOFTWARE TESTING; SURVEYS; ULTRASONICS;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY ULTRASOUNDS; FELLOWSHIP; FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS; FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAMS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINES; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS;

PEDIATRICS;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866378688     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.9.1357     Document Type: Article

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