Using ultrasonography as a teaching support tool in undergraduate medical education - time to reach a decision

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-216

  Mircea, Petru Adrian ^a   Badea, Radu ^a   Fodor, Daniela ^a   Buzoianu, Anca Dana ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Medical education; Medical students; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW;

ANATOMY; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868009708     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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