Musculoskeletal ultrasound training and competency assessment program for rheumatology fellows

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1735-1743

  Kissin, Eugene Y ^a   Niu, Jingbo ^a   Balint, Peter ^b   Bong, David ^c   Evangelisto, Amy ^d   Goyal, Janak ^e   Higgs, Jay ^f   Malone, Daniel ^g   Nishio, Midori J ^h   Pineda, Carlos ⁱ   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^j   Thiele, Ralf G ^k   Torralba, Karina D ^l   Kaeley, Gurjit S ^m  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^c Instituto Poal   (Spain)

^d Rheumatic and Back Disease Associates   (United States)

^e Raritan Bay Medical Center   (United States)

^f BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Excel Orthopedics   (United States)

^h Nishio and Sharma MDs   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

^j Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Competency; Education; Examination; Musculoskeletal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STANDARDS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPARISON GROUP; COMPETENCY; COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT; EXAMINATION; FINAL EXAMINATIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL; ULTRASOUND TRAINING; ULTRASOUND USERS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCY; EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

COMPETENCY; EDUCATION; EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84885447996     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.10.1735     Document Type: Article

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