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Research article summary:
General practitioners skills to perform limited goal-oriented abdominal US examinations after one month of intensive training.
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A training program of 'limited goal-oriented abdominal sonography' for general practitioners (GPs) was planned, set up and tested. After 1 month of intensive training (about 100 examinations), four test subjects succeeded in technically performing ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Oct
in Journal: Eur J Ultrasound
(Language : eng)
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2002 Oct;15(3):133-8
General practitioner's skills to perform limited goal-oriented abdominal US examinations after one month of intensive training.
Suramo I, Merikanto J, Päivänsalo M, Reinikainen H, Rissanen T, Takalo R
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Oulu, P O Box 5000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland. ilkka.suramo@oulu.fi
A training program of "limited goal-oriented abdominal sonography" for general practitioners (GPs) was planned, set up and tested. After 1 month of intensive training (about 100 examinations), four test subjects succeeded in technically performing examinations in four patients out of five patients, and were able to rule out or exclude fluid collections, aortic aneurysms and common gallbladder disease.
PMID : 12423739 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Ilkka | Suramo | I |
| Jukka | Merikanto | J |
| Markku | Päivänsalo | M |
| Heli | Reinikainen | H |
| Tarja | Rissanen | T |
| Raija | Takalo | R |
Affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Oulu, P O Box 5000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland. ilkka.suramo@oulu.fi
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Category links from this article:- Abdomen - ultrasonography
- Curriculum
- Education, Medical, Continuing
- Family Practice
- Goals
- Humans
- Physicians, Family - education
- Professional Competence
- Time
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