The state of ultrasound education in U.S. Medical schools: Results of a national survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1681-1686

  Bahner, David P ^a   Goldman, Ellen ^b   Way, David ^a   Royall, Nelson A ^c,d   Liu, Yiju Teresa ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918829128     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000414     Document Type: Article

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