A survey of education and confidence level among graduating anesthesia residents with regard to selected peripheral nerve blocks

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Moon, Tiffany Sun ^a   Lim, Eunjung ^b   Kinjo, Sakura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve stimulator; Peripheral nerve block; Residency; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 84880183726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-13-16     Document Type: Article

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