Development and evaluation of methodologies for teaching focused cardiac ultrasound skills to medical students

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-309

  Cawthorn, Thomas R ^a   Nickel, Curtis ^a   O'Reilly, Michael ^b   Kafka, Henryk ^b   Tam, James W ^c   Jackson, Lynel C ^a   Sanfilippo, Anthony J ^b   Johri, Amer M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic learning; Handheld ultrasound; Medical education; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOCUSED CARDIAC ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SIMULATOR; TEACHING;

ELECTRONIC LEARNING; HANDHELD ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SIMULATION;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ONTARIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIOLOGY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84896691156     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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