Adequacy of the emergency point-of-care ultrasound core curriculum for the local burden of disease in South Africa

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 312-315

  Van Hoving, Daniël J ^a   Lamprecht, Heinrich H ^a   Stander, Melanie ^a   Vallabh, Kamil ^b   Fredericks, David ^b   Louw, Pauline ^a   Müller, Monique ^a   Malan, Jacques J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND CORE CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884212425     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201358     Document Type: Article

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