Reliable and valid assessment of point-of-care ultrasonography

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-315

  Todsen, Tobias ^a   Tolsgaard, Martin Grønnebæk ^b   Olsen, Beth Härstedt ^c   Henriksen, Birthe Merete ^b   Hillingsø, Jens Georg ^b   Konge, Lars ^d   Jensen, Morten Lind ^d   Ringsted, Charlotte ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Assessment; Point of care ultrasonography; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF ULTRASOUND SKILLS SCALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VIDEORECORDING; ABDOMEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS;

ABDOMEN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84925286878     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000552     Document Type: Article

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