Sustained effect of simulation-based ultrasound training on clinical performance: A randomized trial

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 312-318

  Tolsgaard, M G ^a   Ringsted, C ^b   Dreisler, E ^a   Norgaard L N ^a   Petersen, J H ^a   Madsen, M E ^a   Freiesleben, N L C ^a   Sorensen J L ^a   Tabor, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

medical education; simulation based medical education; simulation based ultrasound training; transvaginal; ultrasound assessment; ultrasound competence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SIMULATION TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84941167789     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14780     Document Type: Article

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