Counterpoint: Are > 50 supervised procedures required to develop competency in performing endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for lung cancer staging? No

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 891-893

  Kinsey, C Matthew ^a   Channick, Colleen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HILUS LYMPH NODE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SKILL; SURGERY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 84875967538     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2464     Document Type: Editorial

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