Teaching Medical Students Ultrasound to Measure Liver Size: Comparison With Experienced Clinicians Using Physical Examination Alone

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-88

  Mouratev, Gueorgui ^a   Howe, Duncan ^a   Hoppmann, Richard ^a   Poston, Mary Beth ^a   Reid, Rodney ^a   Varnadoe, James ^a   Smith, Stuart ^a   McCallum, Brown ^a   Rao, Victor ^a   DeMarco, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIVER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84876147161     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.741535     Document Type: Article

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