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Assessment of knowledge retention and the value of proctored ultrasound exams after the introduction of an emergency ultrasound curriculum

Vicki E Noble* 1 email, Bret P Nelson* 2 email, A Nicholas Sutingco* 3 email, Keith A Marill* 4 email and Hilarie Cranmer* 4 email

1Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1190 Fifth Avenue, NY, New York, USA

3Department of Emergency Medicine, INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital, 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

4Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 32 Francis St., Boston, Massachusetts, USA

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

BMC Medical Education 2007, 7:40doi:10.1186/1472-6920-7-40

Published: 30 October 2007

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Ultrasound Image Recognition Test. Copy of test used in the study with questions and images.

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