The benefits and limitations of using ultrasonography to supplement anatomical understanding

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-148

  Sweetman, Greg M ^a,b   Crawford, Gail ^b   Hird, Kathryn ^a   Fear, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomical imaging; Clinical assessment; Contextual learning; Gross anatomy education; Living anatomy; Medical education; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANATOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ABDOMEN; ANATOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876438708     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1327     Document Type: Article

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