Cross-sectional examination interpretation discrepancies between On-Call diagnostic radiology residents and subspecialty faculty radiologists: Analysis by imaging modality and subspecialty

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 409-414

  Ruma, Julie ^a   Klein, Katherine A ^a   Chong, Suzanne ^a   Wesolowski, Jeffrey ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Ellis, James H ^a   Myles, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrepancy; quality assurance; resident education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESIDENT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84928096621     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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