Bridging the gap between basic and clinical sciences: A description of a radiological anatomy course

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 295-303

  Torres, Anna ^a   Staśkiewicz, Grzegorz J ^a   Lisiecka, Justyna ^a   Pietrzyk, Łukasz ^a   Czekajlo, Michael ^a,b   Arancibia, Carlos U ^b   Maciejewski, Ryszard ^a   Torres, Kamil ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gross anatomy education; Hands on teaching model; Imaging techniques; Medical education; Radiology; Sectional anatomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANATOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOLOGY; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949575853     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1577     Document Type: Article

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