Point-of-care ultrasound in medical education - Stop listening and look

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1083-1085

  Solomon, Scott D ^a   Saldana, Fidencio ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STETHOSCOPE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896463543     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1311944     Document Type: Article

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