Integration of medical imaging including ultrasound into a new clinical anatomy curriculum

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 205-220

  Moscova, Michelle ^a,b   Bryce, Deborah A ^b   Sindhusake, Doungkamol ^c   Young, Noel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy curriculum; Anatomy teaching; Gross anatomy education; Medical education; Medical imaging; Radiology education; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS;

ADULT; ANATOMY; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928225230     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1481     Document Type: Article

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